25 Overused Phrases Filled with Cringe

PocketEpiphany Published 12/08/2021 in eww

Most of us use certain clichéd words and phrases each day. But there is such a thing as overuse.

What do you need to strip out of your vocabulary ? We went to Reddit and rounded up the top 25 phrases that everybody is completely sick of hearing.

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I'm a teacher. The next admin that calls us "rockstars" or "superheroes" is getting punched in the face.
2.
New year, new me. It's just a useless phrase people use that never turns out to be true.
3.
“I’m an Alpha”
4.
"He's still your father"
5.
Any Covid related phrase gets on my last nerve: “in these uncertain times” and “we’re all in this together” are the two I can think of offhand.
6.
"Other people have it worse". Thanks for your advice, now all my problems are gone.
7.
"Say it louder for the folks in the back," often from the same person who
8.
"My truth." To me, it has the connotation of "alternative facts".
9.
"Thoughts and prayers" feels so empty to me
10.
Sheep or sheeple. So f*cking overused.
11.
"Everything happens for a reason". It's almost always used at a time where it offers no comfort. Someone unexpectedly dies, a child gets cancer, etc. There is no bigger profound "reason" for their suffering that is going to negate the pain/grief.
12.
“Did I ask?”
13.
“Irregardless.”
14.
"I could care less"
15.
"Sorry not sorry." B*tch, if you’re not sorry, don't be sorry
16.
"Let that sink in". I'm not f*cking stupid. I understand the gravity of your statement.
17.
For all intensive purposes.It's intents and purposes!
18.
People need to stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.
19.
We are all in this together.I hear this all of the time in reference to the pandemic. It is usually said by people who were fortunate enough to be able to work from home or have not missed a paycheck.No, we f*cking aren't. Some of us had to close our businesses down and have spent the last 2 years accumulating debt that we will never be able to pay off just to keep the lights on and food on the table.
20.
"Stop being a baby" seems to always come up when I have the courage to open my mouth like once a year.
21.
"It's not that bad" when talking about something that hurt you
22.
"I tell it like it is," "I'm just brutally honest," "I have no filter"...No, you're just an *sshole!
23.
The word ‘Iconic’ is really starting to annoy me
24.
“I have bad OCD.” Look, it’s a crippling mental condition that can destroy livelihoods. Not when the TV volume is on 23
25.
No price tag? It must be free!

1.
I'm a teacher. The next admin that calls us "rockstars" or "superheroes" is getting punched in the face.
2.
New year, new me. It's just a useless phrase people use that never turns out to be true.
3.
“I’m an Alpha”
4.
"He's still your father"
5.
Any Covid related phrase gets on my last nerve: “in these uncertain times” and “we’re all in this together” are the two I can think of offhand.
6.
"Other people have it worse". Thanks for your advice, now all my problems are gone.
7.
"Say it louder for the folks in the back," often from the same person who
8.
"My truth." To me, it has the connotation of "alternative facts".
9.
"Thoughts and prayers" feels so empty to me
10.
Sheep or sheeple. So f*cking overused.
11.
"Everything happens for a reason". It's almost always used at a time where it offers no comfort. Someone unexpectedly dies, a child gets cancer, etc. There is no bigger profound "reason" for their suffering that is going to negate the pain/grief.
12.
“Did I ask?”
13.
“Irregardless.”
14.
"I could care less"
15.
"Sorry not sorry." B*tch, if you’re not sorry, don't be sorry
16.
"Let that sink in". I'm not f*cking stupid. I understand the gravity of your statement.
17.
For all intensive purposes.It's intents and purposes!
18.
People need to stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.
19.
We are all in this together.I hear this all of the time in reference to the pandemic. It is usually said by people who were fortunate enough to be able to work from home or have not missed a paycheck.No, we f*cking aren't. Some of us had to close our businesses down and have spent the last 2 years accumulating debt that we will never be able to pay off just to keep the lights on and food on the table.
20.
"Stop being a baby" seems to always come up when I have the courage to open my mouth like once a year.
21.
"It's not that bad" when talking about something that hurt you
22.
"I tell it like it is," "I'm just brutally honest," "I have no filter"...No, you're just an *sshole!
23.
The word ‘Iconic’ is really starting to annoy me
24.
“I have bad OCD.” Look, it’s a crippling mental condition that can destroy livelihoods. Not when the TV volume is on 23
25.
No price tag? It must be free!