I'm sick of hearing "absolutely" when they mean yes. Do four syllables instead of one make it more "yes" than yes? NPR correspondents and interviewees are the worst. Who are they trying to impress?

Nothing wrong with this usage:

Me: "Everyone from Buffalo is a redonkulous iconically bipartisan Obamacare-loving outlier."

You: (outraged) "I'm ACTUALLY from Buffalo!"

The superflousity of this usage, however, is threatening the dissolution of society:

Me: "Where are you from?"
You: "I'm ACTUALLY from Buffalo."

True, there is worse:

Me: "Where are you from?"
You: "Technically, I'm from Buffalo."

Only thing worse is being "theoretically" from Buffalo. Of course, I am referring to only to the diction. Existentially, living in Buffalo is better theoretically than actually.

Sorry. 35 years ago I had a very bad date with a woman from Buffalo.

Actually.

The word "like" has almost broken the sentence structure. "Like, how did that happen?"

Amazing!

Now that everything is "amazing," nothing is.

What about the use of the word "offline" (i.e., when you say, "let's talk offline about this")? Why can't people just say "Let's speak about this in private." It is "redonkulous" (I love that word, by the way) to use that term in such a manner.

the last time I went to Washington Mutual to use the ATM, the machine asked me if I wanted a receipt. My choices were: No or Sure.
What happened to Yes and No. I think that is when WAMU (more nonsense) signed its death knell...

The word that has been bugging me for the past several years is "organic". Rarely is organic ever used correctly. And when I do see the word used correctly it has been so overused that it has lost its intended effect.

I'll be the judge as to what is "Very Funny"!

I agree with Maria above....... "Guest" is the term for shopper at Target .... Orwellian .... how about "Chill-lax" for word of the year?

I prefer "my benefactor" to client.

Even worse that being a Client at Target is being a Guest at Staples. A Guest, Really? Maybe I will get dinner next time I go pick up some printer paper.

in the line at Staples I am summoned by 'next guest please'. drives me demented! I'm not their guest I'm a paying customer!

"Anti-personism", which Keith Olbermann recently claimed he was the victim of when he was accused of rape apologism on Julian Assange's behalf.

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/7js6rr

Surely its cumbersome and meaningless qualities are of note.

Don't know if this has made the wider vernacular, but "owns" is particularly egregious. "owns" stands in for "rules" as a verb. E.G., that album owns!
This may only be present online.

What are people trying to accomplish by using the word pricepoint instead of price?

Bobby G

I looove the brilliance of "truthiness"

When did "carrot on a stick" become "carrot & stick"?

Why the ubiquity and distortion of the word Outlier? Do we have Gladwell to blame for this?

What are the cultural implications of the coinage "truthiness?"

When did practically everything become an "icon" or "Iconic"? I hear it dozens of times a day. Overuse makes it both annoying and meaningless.

Literally. It's way overused (perhaps 'way' is another one), and it's often used incorrectly.

Worst Words - Did I really hear Leonard say the Lame Dick Congress?

"Anti-Personism", which Keith Olbermann claimed he and Julian Assange were the victim of when he was charged as a rape apologist.

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/7js6rr

Surely its cumbersome and meaningless qualities are of special note.

"Bipartisanship."

George Orwell is laughing in his grave.

man up, grow a pair, circle back, I reached out to.. first 2 beaten to death, 2nd 2 just bidness BS words - why not just say return to or called (or contacted) reached out really over the top - I heard it first years and years ago from someone who wanted to be a rapper lawyer but now it's everywhere (well the 4 tops was it "Reach Out" (I'll be there) really dates me

Obamacare. I always envision the president in a white coat asking me to say, "Ah." And, obviously, it's an attempt to get people to ignore the actual provisions of healthcare reform and envision a kind of fascistic, Brave New World scenario.

Wheelhouse.

I never heard this word used before the last few months and now some of my more verbose friends and some pop culture pundits in the media have starting using this word to describe an example of something belonging in a person's purview or area of knowledge. What was wrong with "purview"? Maybe it has been around in this fashion longer than I realize and just wasn't in my own wheelhouse of words.

A vote _against_ including 'refudiate'. Like 'misunderestimate' it is a Dogberry of a word, but like it is a good word, born of unclear thought and understanding in an odious person's mind though it may be.

Remember, flowers often spring from dung-hills.

"Man up", on the other hand, was odious in birth, usage, and sound.

absolutely, really,are you serious no question

"You know what Im saying?"

Worst word is.you know, "you-know"

"man up"

ideate - new corporate culture word for conceptualize or brainstorm