40 words and phrases that make me so mad, you guys

Luke Trayser
Words for Life
Published in
2 min readSep 9, 2015

For reals

I was on reddit today. For, um, research or something. I found this thread: What’s a word or phrase that pisses you off when people say it?

I love when slacking off leads to inspiration, don’t you?

Disclaimer: I am guilty of many of these.

  1. Could care less
  2. I’m so OCD
  3. Awesomesauce
  4. Meh
  5. Amazeballs
  6. It is what it is
  7. Very
  8. ^ THIS
  9. Supposably
  10. Melk (alternate pronunciation of milk)
  11. Remarking on the awkwardness of a past or present moment
  12. Irregardless
  13. Ellinois (alternate pronunciation of Illinois)
  14. Bruh (when referring to a bro)
  15. Bra (see above)
  16. Guru
  17. Whatever
  18. I literally can’t even
  19. Just saying
  20. Someone has time on their hands
  21. Worst. [noun]. Ever.
  22. So-Cal, Chi-Town, San Fran, etc.
  23. Gif (but only when it’s pronounced like the peanut butter)
  24. Net net
  25. Flustrated
  26. For reals
  27. I’m bored
  28. Attached, please find
  29. lmaoooooooooooo
  30. But that’s just me
  31. Don’t be such a girl
  32. Touch base
  33. Should of
  34. I love him to death, but…
  35. It’s not my problem
  36. I don’t deserve [thing you actually deserve]
  37. Why do I even bother
  38. I can’t
  39. People don’t change
  40. Moist

Hi, I’m Luke. I’m a copywriter. If you’re ready to rant about words and phrases you can’t stand, reply with a list of your own or yell at me on Twitter.

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Luke Trayser
Words for Life

ACD and copy guy at Ivor Andrew. Freelance copywriting mercenary. Not my real hair. Get in touch on Twitter or email ltrayser at gmail.