Wednesday, March 4, 2009

i can haz bigger vocabulary?

The Oxford University Corpus is a database compiled of the most overused buzzwords in books, magazines, broadcast, online media and other sources.

Officially, the top 10 phrases that are being used to death right now are:
1. At the end of the day
2. Fairly unique
3. I personally
4. At this moment in time
5. With all due respect
6. Absolutely
7. It's a nightmare
8. Shouldn't of
9. 24/7
10. It's not rocket science

(The fact that 'shouldn't of,' instead of 'shouldn't have' is being overused makes me very sad about the current state of America's grammar.)

Flavorwire added these additional words and phrases to the list:
1. For the win
2. I can has
3. OMG
4. dot com
5. Actually
6. Snarky
7. Hipster (any derivative)
8. Literally
9. Fashionista
10. Organic

Some I would like (need) to add:
1. Word
2. Dark
3. Totes
4. Mos def
5. Hell yeah.
6. Lol
7. Go green
8. Fail
9. That's what she said.
10. Male usage of 'Dude' and 'Man'

5 comments:

Corey said...

what about 'FML'

megan jane. said...

win.
good one, cor.

Sara said...

for the win is overused by everyone in my apartment right now.

megan jane. said...

i say hell yea at least 89 times a day.

Sarita said...

you're smart. i also really like the "holy shit" title below. it is fitting.