1,173 adults were surveyed in December by Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion on people's opinions on the most annoying words. This survey was first done 5 years ago.
The number 1 most annoying word? Whatever! People consider it "dismissive" and "rude." Some feel it's a put down because it means what the person is saying isn't important. I can't say I disagree.
Others included: like you know just sayin' obviously
They also asked what words they'd like to see disappear in 2014 - these are definitely U.S. centric:
Obamacare (I couldn't agree more; it's the Affordable Care Act or ACA) shutdown gridlock sequestration
The last 3 seem to be what people don't want to happen, rather than related to the words.
I'd be interested to see an age breakdown for the people surveyed given that the words chosen seem to be entirely selected from the register of young people.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
Originally posted by BobHale: I'd be interested to see an age breakdown for the people surveyed given that the words chosen seem to be entirely selected from the register of young people.
huh? I'm hardly young [64yo!], but I relate to: Obamacare -- waiting breathlessly to see whether my middle son will have health insurance when he turns 26 Shutdown-- still burning over 28 billion wasted on govt posturing Gridlock-- this makes me reflect on several yrs of taxpayer-provided nada from congress Sequestration-- Head Start cut by 400 million (57,000 kids) - just 1 among many
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I was a bit perturbed to hear, on The People's Court TV show, one of the respondents refer to a government disability check which his wife received as an "Obamacheck", as if no one ever got such a benefit before this president's term began.
