My least favourite words
"Irreverent" - Word for funny things used by people who feel personally affronted by anyone laughing at the establishment.
"Overrated" - The adult version of "I'm right, everyone else is wrong, so there!"
"Azure" - The word bad poets use when they mean "Blue"
"Literally" - Obvious, but still annoying
"Ironic" - Obvious enough to be tedious now. Why can't people rediscover the word "apt"? Surely being shorter makes it easier to use.
"Political correctness" - Usage acts as clear indicator of utter bollocks in argument.
"simples" - The worst pervasion of a marketing catchphrase since Ferrero Rocher in the early 90s.
"seminal" and other hyperbolic reviewer-speak language
....but the worst has to be the use of "brand", "industry", "customers" etc when talking about public services and the arts.
( Zuowan, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:39, 3 replies)

Click
Brand Beckham?

Quite happily. Line the m up and I will quite happily brand the useless pair of fuckwits.
(kickstandrich last had sex with your mum/sister/wife/daughter on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 15:13, closed)

What about "Surreal"
When used to describe something that is just a little bit out of the ordinary.

"It was so surreal"

"What, you mean your mum ringing you just after you were talking about her to your friend is comparable to melting clocks on a branch and a geometric shape, on a beach, with another melting clock on a sort of horse-oyster thing, which seamlessly dissipates into the sand?"
(theremin put the lotion in the basket on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 15:55, closed)

Yes, "customers" alone gets a click
They're patients in a hospital/mental ward or people needing welfare/food stamps or simply the MENTALLY RETARDED who need help the rest of their lives so they can survive.
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 15:14, closed)