It is what it is...

[Bobby J]

What does that really mean?

 

[Alicia Leonard]

What does that really mean?

Thank you. This is on my top three annoying sayings list!

 

[Jdarg]

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

 

[TooFarTampa]

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

Me too! Maybe "accept the things I cannot change" is a more serene and less annoying way to say it. But I like the short version.

 

[Bob]

10/7: “Whatever…” Takes Top Honors as Most Annoying : Pebbles and Pundits 10/7: ?Whatever?? Takes Top Honors as Most Annoying

October 7, 2009 by Marist Poll
Filed under Featured, Living '09, Odds and Ends, Odds and Ends Polls

If you?re like, ?whatever,? and someone gives you a mean look, just remember it is what it is ? certain sayings rub people the wrong way, you know? Anyway, at the end of the day, who cares?
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If the above paragraph thoroughly irritated you, you?re probably not alone. The question is, which word or phrase bothered you the most?

Chances are it was ?whatever.? In a recent Marist poll, nearly half of Americans ? 47% ? said they find ?whatever? most annoying. The other sayings weren?t quite so loathed. 25% say they find ?you know? most grating; 11% can?t stand ?it is what it is?; 7% would like to ban ?anyway? from all verbal exchanges; and 2% reported that they could do without hearing ?at the end of the day.?

Interestingly, if you?re traveling to the Midwest, it might be especially wise to leave your store of ?whatevers? at home. 55% of residents in that region dislike the term, while only 19% of them disapprove of ?you know.? In contrast, 35% of Northeast residents say ?whatever? is most annoying, while 32% are most bothered by ?you know.?

 

[Bob]

Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases | Underwire | Wired.com Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

* By John Scott Lewinski Email Author
* November 7, 2008 |
*
ExeterscarfNot all University of Oxford researchers are uptight and humorless, "irregardless" of what you might think. In fact, a bunch of them compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Irritating Expressions in the English language ? just because we needed one.

Though maybe "you could care less," the scholars in question keep track of linguistic mangling and overused buzzwords in a database called the Oxford University Corpus. The voluminous record keeps track of books, magazines, broadcast, online media and other sources, watching for new overused, tiresome phrases and retiring those that fade from use (or misuse).

The great hierarchy of verbal fatigue includes:

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

 

[sunspotbaby]

Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases | Underwire | Wired.com Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

* By John Scott Lewinski Email Author
* November 7, 2008 |
*
ExeterscarfNot all University of Oxford researchers are uptight and humorless, "irregardless" of what you might think. In fact, a bunch of them compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Irritating Expressions in the English language — just because we needed one.

Though maybe "you could care less," the scholars in question keep track of linguistic mangling and overused buzzwords in a database called the Oxford University Corpus. The voluminous record keeps track of books, magazines, broadcast, online media and other sources, watching for new overused, tiresome phrases and retiring those that fade from use (or misuse).

The great hierarchy of verbal fatigue includes:

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

Let me be clear..:roll:

'Let me be clear' ... President Obama overuses the phrase 'Let me be clear'

oops, i forgot i was in the lounge, but let me be clear...it was a mistake.

 

[Minnie]

Basically to me it means some might call manure fertilizer but it's still sheet.

 

[Bob]

my favorite is "again"...it's the ultimate eye poke of condecension

 

[AlphaCrab]

"It is what it is" is like "whatever" to me....they are basically negative, defensive statements that lack courgage to make appropriate changes or attempts to find solutiuons to things.