It’s not new anymore, but I still hear it all the time.
It is what it is.
Of course it is what it is! What would it be if it wasn’t what it was?!? It makes no sense and is a waste of words.
I know I know, it really means to convey “It is what it appears to be”. But, if that what you mean to say, say it. Otherwise, just say “it is”. Because finishing the phrase is redundant. By “it” existing, it can’t be anything but what it is.
Gah! I dont’ even know if that’s intelligible!
Somehow I can’t help thinking of Nick Saban. He has amassed about all the ones I detest and uses them to death.
“relatively to…”
“in terms of…”
“it is what it is…”
“to be successful…”
Try to catch one of his press conferences and notice how many examples of double talk and just plain bullshit he tosses out.
“That’s how I/we roll” and it’s negative twin, “*That’s **not *how I/we roll”. My boss says it all the time. I hate it because it’s her way of kissing off corporate policies that I’m supposedly obligated to follow.
Flopped a hogan? 
I use that phrase to mean we can’t change where we are now. You can try to change things going forward or we can just hope things get better, but wishing things are different now doesn’t usually do much good. Also, it shifts the conversation from “how did get get here” to “how do we fix this”. All that in 5 easy words.
“Rate of speed.” I cringe when I hear “PIN number” and such, but when someone who ought to know better says “rate of speed” want to push him in front of a train with a high rate of displacement.
I hate “Sir, you’re making a scene”
I don’t even look at Twitter. Never. If its use were contained to Twitter, wouldn’t care less. I’m seeing it other places and it makes me want to smash things.
I hate almost every phrase that comes from a politicians mouth. I particularly dislike "great state of ____ " and “slippery slope”.
“At the end of the day…”
“We’ll touch base later…”
“We’ve been playing phone tag…”
“To be honest with you…”
“I’m not gonna lie…”
“It is what it is…” (already suggested, I know, but bears repeating)
mmm
“You need to…” when referring to something I’m expected to do. Umm, no I don’t. I need to breathe, eat, drink, sleep, piss, and shit. Everything else is just obligations.
Drives me bonkers.
“You have the right to remain silent…”
I HATE hearing that.
I hate the phrase “in any way, shape, or form.”
It’s not you, it’s me…
Oh my side. My second step-father and his family used this phrase anytime someone said something they found funny. The worst part is, others in my family picked this phrase up, so that when his ass was long gone, I was still hearing it.
Cool beans. It was all the rage back in the mid 90s. I hated it then, and I hate it now that it seems to be making a resurgence.
If it were a snake it would’ve bit me. Back in my retail days, I would hear this phrase 15+ times a day. With customers I was pretty easy going, able to shrug off stuff that had left other employees in a rage or in tears. This phrase was my one weakness. There were times I had to leave and take a break just because someone said this to me.
Can you help me with my computer? Not a phrase per say, but still cringe worthy.
I’m not saying; I’m just saying.
I hate any variant of “having a coronary” when used to mean a person will become vary angry or upset over something. I don’t know what it is, but I just can’t fucking stand it. Maybe that coronary is an adjective, and so the phrase isn’t even grammatically correct. Who knows? Worse yet, my girlfriend uses it a lot.
Example: “Oh, she’ll have a coronary when she sees her car was keyed.” Ugh! No, she’ll be mad, but she won’t “have a coronary,” whatever the fuck that is.
“At this time.” The word “now” is more parsimonious.
“Came to the conclusion”. Just say, “[I/we/they] concluded.”
“Due to the fact that”. Just say, “Because…”
ETA: I know that “having a coronary” means “having a heart attack,” but still, the word coronary sounds like an adjective to me.
Well, would you prefer they had a conniption or a cow?
mmm
“of a”, as in “It’s not that big of a deal”. No, “it’s not that big a deal” or “it’s not a big deal”.
“I’m all turned around” - no, you’re lost.
“It’s in back of the shed” - no, it’s behind the shed. “In back of” sounds like it’s inside the shed, near the back.
“It’s half of 12” … so it’s 11:30? Or 12:30? Or 6? No idea when you mean.
I like apoplectic.
I think coronary is technically an adjective and is a shortened version of coronary thrombosis.