The most irritating word or phrase?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1219002/Whatever-voted-irritating-word-English-language.html

If "Whatever" is the most irritating word in the English language by the Americans.

What do you think is the most irritating word and phrase, here in the UK?

Personally I think "Basically" takes some beating, and the most irritating phrase "You know what I mean?"

[chelle7272]

At the end of the day...
and 'd'you know what i mean' at the end of every sentence

[littlegriff]

end the sentence then saying "like" really bugs me

[naomi24]

Whenever Social Services mess up, they always say 'Lessons will be learned' - and they never are - so that for me is the most irritating phrase because every time I hear it I know it's utterly meaningless.

[chelle7272]

oh and here at the of a sentence people say 'innit?'

[bazwillrun]

basically and people that emphasise the end of a sentence like a question

[Lonnie]

For me, its 'wrong place, wrong time', hate it, because when whatever happens, the person its happened to is where they want to be, so they are actually in the right place.

[craft1948]

I hate.................I'll take that on board........

[China Doll]

I don't like to see a typed 'yer'... It's 'yes' or 'yeah'...

[TTG]

Someone saying "Happy Days" at work after saying something went wrong.

[TTG]

"Happy Bunnies" is close.

[ummmm]

Thinking outside the box

[mccfluff]

soz

[jacey]

Basically, At the end of the day, mine is Yaaay, innit. Also hate when people pronounce H as haitch. it's AITCH. :-)

[mallam]

'Lessons will be learned' it is, naomi. You and I have found ourselves in agreement before, I think.

And OP, "You know what I mean?" is not what you mean. What you mean is "Naaahmeayn?"

[vulcan]

Why do a lot of people, when asked a question, begin with "I mean" ?

[mallam]

I mean to sigh.

[Barmaid]

All of the above. Plus "of" instead of "have" - ie I would of. It seems to be common usage now, but still very irritating.

[mallam]

You must mean common usage in writing, barmaid. You only really hear the difference in speech in elliptical expressions like "He couldn't of", with the verb understood. It's irritating because it's an illiteracy.

[oldrec]

The word 'kids' instead of children.

[trt]

What annoys me is people who say '' I know where your coming from '' grrrr.