I mean, you know…
Basically,…
Him and me went to… (you wouldn’t say Him went or me went… )
I’m like… or I was like…
With all due respect but all the phrases above suck 
Therefore, it seems we’re not on the same page 
When I was taking a philosophy class in college, I got thoroughly sick of the phrase “just throwing that out there.” There was a dude in my class who would say that all the time, and after awhile I just wanted to bring a flask to class.
My boyfriend says “at this point” a lot, and it bugs me. I’m not even sure he knows he’s saying it half the time. I have cured him of saying “irregardless,” though.
I think my problem with these phrases isn’t the phrase itself, but the repetition. Just stop saying it so damn much!
At this point in time, I’d rather have a conniption than a coronary, know what I mean? I mean, like, I’m just sayin’. . .
My biggie is “I’m not trying to be hurtful, I’m just stating the truth”. When people are brutally honest, they are typically more interested in being brutal than in being honest.
Who, upthread, said “PIN number”? Because I’d also like to nominate its conjoined twin: “ATM machine”. Grrrrppphhhh.
“Good on you”
What, are we in high school? That irritates me every time I see it.
For me, it’s any phrase that begins with the sanctimonious or self-righteous ‘um.’
“Um, you do realize that…”
“Um, I don’t believe that’s what I said”
“Um, was that really necessary?”
I hate the false humility, passive-aggressiveness of it. yuck.
It’s just easier for people to think and talk in cliches. I think most of us could deal with that up to a point, but for whatever reason, they seem to end up being abused.
One cliche I’m happy to see dead and gone (mostly) is ‘don’t go there’ - it used to drive me batty and seemed to spread like fuckin’ virus.
Political speak: “We need to send a message to ___.”
Irritatingly pretentious.
“Top up” makes my blood boil. It’s like nails down a chalkboard, and I couldn’t even tell you why.
“Top up”
UGH.
Heh, I’m guilty of using this phrase, but not in this way. If someone asks me a question that they could easily figure out for themselves, then I’m likely to say “Think about it” and wait. For instance, someone asks me what 2 and 2 are, and I’ll say “Think about it” without replying either 4 or 22. One of my nephews used to do this, and I’d like to believe that I was instrumental in breaking him of the habit of asking really basic questions that he could figure out himself.
Not a phrase, but I can’t stand the word “leery”. It sounds like a word that people are accidentally using to mean something that it doesn’t really mean. To leer means to look at in a sleazy way. So leery to mean wary just sounds wrong to me.
I wonder if it’s one of those words that only became “correct” after it passed into so called common usage, such as “I feel nauseous” (when what they really mean is I feel nauseated)? Anyway, it just bugs me.
Oh good one. I hate the whole stupid “hater” cop out.
Hater is a name one calls those who object to one’s stupid, inconsiderate, or illegal behaviour. So, if a person is acting like a jackass and someone has the audacity to call them on it, they’re a “hater”. :rolleyes:
I’m not a fan of “Hater” either- I agree that it’s a weak cop-out used to dismiss the (frequently valid) points of people objecting to things which frequently (as CanvasShoes notes) tend to be stupid or undesirable.
My pet hate is “Moving Forward” or “Going Forward” in reference to “Things we’re going to do from now on.” It just sounds like someone was trying too hard to come up with a “trendy” way of expressing an idea that was already being expressed in a perfectly cromulent manner anyway.
Leering means looking, slyly or sideways or otherwise obliquely. It’s not necessarily sleazy at all, though a discreet lecher may well leer, rather than just stare.
To be leery is to be frequently leering, this way and that, possibly because one is wary.
that’s a good point. You really need to see some of these in their natural habitat rather than trying to analyze them purely on semantics.
My so-called analysis was really another of my feeble attempts at humor - ‘for the record’ (which is one I imagine many people won’t like, but I’m open to alternatives 
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How about “I feel like a sandwich”?
“In and of itself.” and also “he gave of himself” - you mean he helped?
“At the end of the day”
“In these times of austerity”
“Speaking as a mother”
I don’t like “simply” at all. It’s passive-agressive. It probably comes from some horror flapping their nasty little cockhatch and “simply expressing their opinion” about something that’s “political correctness gone mad”. Probably. It’s that sort of word.
I hate “utilize” as well, Dogzilla. People who throw this out are always the ones to misappropriate “myself”. “Bob and myself are going to buy an ass-waxer”. The cocks.
And something described as “chocka” makes me froth with rage.
God, yes. I also hate the phrase “We need to talk,” because it always seems like it won’t end well.
“by the skin of his teeth”. Nails on a chalkboard- makes my teeth itch and me squirm a little. Ew.