The most annoying expressions...

it's all good!

Sorry, Carolyn, but that one makes my list. 

'my bad' used to get on my nerves for a while.

Hee hee!  I say 'fixing to...'

I don't think the expressions have to be British, American, whatever -- just whatever gets on your last nerve...

oooh!!!  that's one! ...'fixin to'.  I hate that one! 
I also hate when people say 'all the fixins'!

Hate is fun!   

Hate is fun!   

Isn't it!!?

'my bad' used to get on my nerves for a while.

HATE HATE HATE that one!!!

(yup. that felt good.)

I remember a few years ago when everything was ' that's bitchin' bro'. That got on my nerves right along with 'gnarly dude'.

'bruv' said by a white guy

I worked with A LOT of inner city teens in my job over the years. It cracked me up when I got my own 'gangsta' name. I'm about as white as 'wonder bread', so when I was accepted by the kids, they'd say 'Yo, wunda..what up' .

Another one courtesy of a BBC presenter tonight (although I've heard it before): "orientated".

Aaaaah!!!!

I heard someone on the radio yesterday talking about educationalists. As in, this person is a teacher, he is in education, he is an educationalist. What?

I heard someone on the radio yesterday talking about educationalists. As in, this person is a teacher, he is in education, he is an educationalist. What?

That sounds like a Bushism!

To go along with "literally" and "blatantly" I would add "obviously", as a perfectly good and useful word...except when used 14 times in one short conversation...obviously.

To go along with "literally" and "blatantly" I would add "obviously", as a perfectly good and useful word...except when used 14 times in one short conversation...obviously.

and especially when the topic being discussed is not obvious at all!

Here in Cali it's good to be 'like a 'totally rad 'awesome dawg'
Gotta LOVE teenagers.

Where is your time machine?  I want to go visit the late 1980s/early 1990s too! 

...it's all good!

Sorry, Carolyn, but that one makes my list. 

Yes, I wondered when I posted it - how long it would be before someone added it to the list...just under 30 minutes, impressive!

Now that I think of it, there is generally little reason to use the word "literally" in its correct sense.

When you say "literally", you are saying that what you are saying is true. And it is usually assumed that what you are saying is true anyway.

For example:

That made me laugh so hard I fell on the floor.
That made me laugh so hard I literally fell on the floor.

They mean the exact same thing.

Also "obviously" usually makes you sound condescending and/or closed-minded and doesn't really add value to the conversation.

For example:

The square root of 16 is 4. - Meaning: The square root of 16 is 4.

The square root of 16, obviously, is 4. - Meaning: The square root of 16 is 4 and if you didn't know that already then you are an idiot.

Or

Barak Obama is the best choice for president of the US - Meaning: I believe that Barak Obama is the best choice for president of the US.

Barak Obama is obviously the best choice for president of the US - Meaning: Barak Obama is the best choice for president of the US and if you don't understand why then you are an idiot.