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27. It drives me nuts

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 08:51 PM

Sep 2018

I imagine my 7th grade English teacher rolling in her grave.

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It's a millennial thing PJMcK Sep 2018 #2

Millennials are also big into "up-speak" these days. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #20

Elocution errors, maybe? Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #24

The reply starts with "I mean" wasupaloopa Sep 2018 #3

Ugh. I hate this. Another filler word like basically and like. Croney Sep 2018 #4

Uh oh, *I* use "basically/totally, like" a lot! UTUSN Sep 2018 #5

Next time you're about to say basically, say Croney Sep 2018 #7

"So" is the next "um" sweetroxie Sep 2018 #8

or "Well,..." k8conant Sep 2018 #9

"enough" says it all!1 UTUSN Sep 2018 #25

"having said that" KT2000 Sep 2018 #11

Thank you KT2000 Sep 2018 #19

So, journalists on NPR say this all the time. kwassa Sep 2018 #12

You hear "So" a lot on C-SPAN interview-call in shows too left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #13

"We'll have to leave it there" drive me nuts. nt Fla Dem Sep 2018 #15

I stil don't know... OilemFirchen Sep 2018 #16

Ya.... and when did the word "so" become Hotler Sep 2018 #18

Yeah, so, I think I know this one ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #21

What irks me is Nicolle Wallace. rickford66 Sep 2018 #26

It drives me nuts get the red out Sep 2018 #27