the abuse of the word "litterally"

irregardless
I could care less

And not necessarily that I hear it a lot, but where the hell did the phrase "as all get out" come from? What does it really mean?

This truly does not make sense.

yeah - "holla" is really annoying. it is also annoying when people say "peace out".

i have heard quite a few people say volumptuous instead of voluptuous - annoying.

"prideful" - some nutsack doing color on the NFL Playoffs (Phil Simms I think) manages to use this non-word a couple times each game and gets me steamed each time.

It's "proud" you dimwit.

it's in the dictionary, though, isn't it?

totally.

and yes, "speaking to" something is ridiculous as well.

Oh yes, and there's always icky industry-talk in music and film, e.g.

Calling someone "green" - i.e. don't have much experience, or refering to a show as a "gig" (which I've been guilty of a couple of times).

and:
guitar 'licks'
calling female singers 'divas'
refering to band members as "the boys".

uhgh.

Don't know where "as all get out" came from, but I had a friend that used "as all hell" all the time, like "I was drunk as all hell."

My manager uses "irregardless" ALL THE TIME, and it's getting really hard to hold back from slapping him.

Acrost, like "he lives acrost the street"
Heighth, like "My heighth is 5 feet 7 inches"
hisself
coolio (not the peformer, but as a variation of "That's cool")
Likewise, I hate dealio as well.

it's a good thing that we're not a lot of pompous douchebags to the public school kids around here.

*shudder*

How about the area above your eyes? You know, the "farhead".

And all-time annoying: Warsh.

god do i hate this. what makes it even worse is that this is a phrase that seems typical only of people in middle management or higher. people in meetings speak to facts all the time and i hate them for it.

i hate when people 'get their ____ on.' drinks, eats, dance, sex, drugs, home repair, etc.

i also hate 'eats' as a noun.

also when people say 'not to mention' right before they mention that thing. is that irony or something.

i was just going to say "oh man, you should hear how bad this is in maryland," but then i saw where you're from and i bet you are probably familiar with it.

my mother always says warsh or warshington....annnooooying.

i'm all for variations on pronunciations, but when you incorporate letters that aren't actually there, i must draw a line.

you must hate the French.

they provide me croissants and cheese - they can do whatever they want.

We wouldn't get along at all.

I hate "I'm gonna have to let you go" as a way of saying "I need to get off the phone" a certain friend of mine does this all the time, and it drives me nuts.

Synergy -- Seriously, kill yourself if you say this

Lush -- like "Lush strings"

Seminal -- overused by lazy reviewers

also - anyone using the words "gestalt" or "paradigm" more than once every 5 years needs to shut the hell up

My mom says this all the time... "well, let me let ya go!"

One thing that's not really a pet peeve word but clearly a colloquialism of the south is the verb "fix." I got caught one day at work on the phone with my sister, who had flown out from Atlanta to visit. She called to let me know she was in town, and I asked her, "Are you fixing to get the rental car?" My co-worker grilled me on that one later.

Other irritating words:

people who use "death" instead of "deaf" (it happens more often than you'd think)
discombobulated - have no problem with the word itself, but I have a friend who mispronounces it every time and insists that the word is "discombooberated" (and she's not kidding)
Incessant use of the word "like" as filler in conversations or between phrases/sentences
using numbers instead of letters in words

sk8 4ever

CUE PSYCHO STRINGS IN THE BACKGROUND AS THE KNIFE PLUNGES AGAIN AND AGAIN

"The terrorists hate our freedom"

i find this somewhat charming. one that borders between charming and annoying for me is the southern 'do what?' response to everything. my sister has been in NC for about 15 years now, and she uses it just about once per minute of conversation, whether 'do what?' is a relevant response or not.

for example:

me: 'how are the kids?'
her: 'do what?'

I completely understand. I hate this too. Thanks for reminding me of that one! One thing my sister says, along the same lines when she didn't hear or understood what I asked, she'll say "Say?" instead of "Say again?"

don't even get me started on southern stuff - some in-law favorites:

1. "might could" as in - "Can you get me a beer?" "I might could if we had any."

2. The use of the word ain't plus double negatives all the time

3. "Swanee" - used instead of swear - like "I swanee it's hot today"