{"id":5196,"date":"2016-12-26T09:47:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T09:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2016-12-26T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T09:47:33","slug":"whatever-you-do-stop-using-this-word-its-annoying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=5196","title":{"rendered":"Whatever You Do, Stop Using This Word. It\u2019s Annoying."},"content":{"rendered":"

For the eighth year in a row, it appears that those polled, and those who cared enough to answer, agreed: Whatever<\/em> is the most annoying word. Ever.<\/p>\n

In a telephone survey of more than 1,000 adult Americans conducted by the Marist Poll, just over 38 percent of those surveyed want people who abuse the word whatever<\/em> to know that their use of the word is categorically annoying. Other contenders in the list of annoying words and phrases included \u201cI can\u2019t even,\u201d \u201chuge,\u201d and \u201cno offense, but\u2026,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n

The official meaning of whatever<\/em> doesn\u2019t do justice to its typical, and presumably annoying, use. Merriam-Webster defines whatever<\/em> as \u201canything or everything that\u2026\u201d or \u201cno matter what.\u201d In those particular cases, whatever<\/em> should strike no ire or annoyance. It\u2019s actually quite useful, allowing for the existence of a number of situations, preferences, perspectives, and circumstances, e.g., \u201cWhatever you do, don\u2019t sit on a tack.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the most typical abuse of whatever<\/em> that qualifies it as not only an annoying word but also one that should inspire dire consequences for repeat offenders. Consulting the Urban Dictionary for its top three most popular \u2014 and therefore most relevant \u2014 definitions:<\/p>\n