Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?

Friday 09th October, 03:00 AM JST

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Ah_so at 09:24 PM JST - 12th October

"Inappropriate", as used in a politically correct context, such as, "inappropriate email" or, "inappropriate behaviour".

It is as though everything in the world is carved up into 2 totally objective baskets, the "appropriate" and the "inappropriate".

OK, not used in conversation much, but more the dreaded corporate speak of some jumped up busy-body.
Mexicanish at 11:16 PM JST - 12th October

It's funny, all of those annoying Japanese words/phrases people listed I use frequently as a joke (although outsiders may not realizing I'm doing it in jest). I must be annoying a lot of people. Hahaha.

I also love love love swearing, f-word, c-word (love!!), all-words. I don't know why, but being crass is amusing... Swearing is fun and I'm enjoy using random foreign words( Japanese, Spanish, French, German, etc.) especially in happy fun time. [Engrish is hilarious, and I also use it to make fun of people who speak incorrect English.

Words that do annoy me: like being overused. I really can't think of anything else. As some people have pointed out, anything being used over and over and over again is bound to get annoying. I basically don't hate the word basically but in college I basically had a professor that basically said "basically" basically every 5 seconds. Basically it was the most annoying thing that basically anyone could basically do. Basically.
Mexicanish at 11:18 PM JST - 12th October

may not realize*
twoyen at 06:15 AM JST - 13th October

"Ya know wha'im sayin?"

I hate it when people use this one. And they will say it after every bloody statement or question they make.

If I didn't know what you were saying I would ASK. If I don't ask, then don't ask ME.
nightvision at 09:17 AM JST - 13th October

-Street/ghetto slang phrases. Those are the most annoying of all, no matter what language you hear them in. -Cuss words, because who likes to hear them, anyway?
chotto at 12:04 PM JST - 13th October

In English "like" used after every other word.

In Japanese, quite a big list, but "gomen" and "sumimasen" because the person saying it hardly ever means it.... but at the top would have to be "sa \ さ" after every, single, freakin', word! Drives me MAD!!!!!!!!

Today SA I SA went SA to SA Tokyo SA because SA I SA wanted SA to have SA fun SA then SA...... etc.
InTheKnow at 12:35 PM JST - 13th October

mankind's most annoying/ overused three words: shou ga nai
InTheKnow at 12:36 PM JST - 13th October

nightvision at 09:17 AM JST - 13th October

-Street/ghetto slang phrases. Those are the most annoying of all, no matter what language you hear them in. -Cuss words, because who likes to hear them, anyway?

Hey, cussin' is just fine. the 'f-bomb' is so adaptable.
humblesamurai at 08:03 PM JST - 13th October

Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?:::: I have to accept people (and what they say) as they are, (only till they finish speaking) here comes my turn to use words I like.
ippanjin33 at 06:27 AM JST - 14th October

You know Like Man Dude えええええええ？
furuigakko at 05:16 PM JST - 14th October

People need to chill, there seems to be a lot of haters posting. Come on now, don't hate appreciate!
furuigakko at 05:18 PM JST - 14th October

Oh one more thing, as Rodney King so eloquently put it, "Can we all just get along?"
ousama at 09:56 PM JST - 14th October

When people imitate other languages, and don't do it properly.

Eg. American person always says "kawaii!" or "itai!", but they are not seriously studying Japanese nor are they conversing with a Japanese person.

Japanese people doing this with English also irritates me.

Unless they are doing it as part of an obvious joke, it seems silly to me to do this sort of thing.
SebastianFlyte at 01:14 PM JST - 15th October

Oh my god! Alright!! Yeah!! Yo!! You got it! Are you kidding!!?? Get outta here!!
dbung10 at 05:32 PM JST - 15th October

same as ousama. People that drop in japanese words into a conversation when they are neither japanese nor conversing with a japanese speaker.

also, not really in conversation, but in text conversation, anyone that uses LOL.