Annoying Things That Should Be Banned in 2016 (add yours here)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

136. The verbification of America.

I agree about "helm" instead of direct.

I have also heard "lensed" instead of "was cinematographer on this picture".

The verb "to parent".

The verb "tasked" instead of "given the task of". The President uses this one a lot.

Weathermen who say "heading into the week" several times in one broadcast.

The adverb shortage, as in people who use a word that needs "ly" on the end.

Apostrophe abuse due to confusion about plurals and possessives.

People who don't use verbs that inflect. Those are verbs that change internally. They just put "ed" on the end of the present tense verb. I heard a designer on a show say that they "grinded" the finish off a chandelier. GRRR!!

People who don't know about helper verbs like have, has and had. "I seen and I done" irritate me and tell me I am hearing a real hick. They can't say "I saw" and "I did" or "I have done". Even worse is "I done did". Or double negatives. "I don't want none." "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" notwithstanding.


"All right" is two words. "Alright" is not a word.

"I was, like" instead of "I thought that".

As Lewis Black says, "WHY should I keep up with the Kardashians?"

When there are two children, the older child referred to as the oldest. It should be "older" as a comparative as there are two items, not three items, in which case you would have a superlative.

And I am no English major!!!

People who talk on the phone and drive at the same time.

"Y'know what I'm sayin'?" ACCKKK!

Utterly unintelligible words in movies that have background music covering up the dialogue. I have to watch movies with subtitles to catch what is going on, and I have excellent hearing.