Most of us use certain clichéd words and phrases each day. But there is such a thing as overuse.
What do you need to strip out of your
vocabulary ? We went to Reddit and rounded up the top 25 phrases that everybody is completely sick of hearing.
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No price tag? It must be free!
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“I have bad OCD.” Look, it’s a crippling mental condition that can destroy livelihoods. Not when the TV volume is on 23
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The word ‘Iconic’ is really starting to annoy me
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"I tell it like it is," "I'm just brutally honest," "I have no filter"...No, you're just an *sshole!
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"It's not that bad" when talking about something that hurt you
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"Stop being a baby" seems to always come up when I have the courage to open my mouth like once a year.
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We are all in this together.I hear this all of the time in reference to the pandemic. It is usually said by people who were fortunate enough to be able to work from home or have not missed a paycheck.No, we f*cking aren't. Some of us had to close our businesses down and have spent the last 2 years accumulating debt that we will never be able to pay off just to keep the lights on and food on the table.
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People need to stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.
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For all intensive purposes.It's intents and purposes!
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"Let that sink in". I'm not f*cking stupid. I understand the gravity of your statement.
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"Sorry not sorry." B*tch, if you’re not sorry, don't be sorry
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I'm a teacher. The next admin that calls us "rockstars" or "superheroes" is getting punched in the face.
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"Everything happens for a reason". It's almost always used at a time where it offers no comfort. Someone unexpectedly dies, a child gets cancer, etc. There is no bigger profound "reason" for their suffering that is going to negate the pain/grief.
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Sheep or sheeple. So f*cking overused.
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"Thoughts and prayers" feels so empty to me
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"My truth." To me, it has the connotation of "alternative facts".
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"Say it louder for the folks in the back," often from the same person who
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"Other people have it worse". Thanks for your advice, now all my problems are gone.
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Any Covid related phrase gets on my last nerve: “in these uncertain times” and “we’re all in this together” are the two I can think of offhand.
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"He's still your father"
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New year, new me. It's just a useless phrase people use that never turns out to be true.
