Oxford's Top Ten Irritating Phrases

By: 
Andy Gimpaya
Date: 
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Would you like to impress your boss or blog better? Unless you aim to do just that---irritate---then avoid the following phrases that researchers at the Oxford University found to be most irritating:
  1. At the end of the day
  2. Fairly unique
  3. I personally
  4. At this moment in time
  5. With all due respect
  6. Absolutely
  7. It's a nightmare
  8. Shouldn't of
  9. 24/7
  10. It's not rocket science

Post US elections 2008, I like to see the following added to the top 100 list:

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