Are there certain words you just cant stand?

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I hate it when people say "cannot overemphasize more". Why not just say "it is very important"? There is no need to emphasize something that is already overemphasized more. This phrase always freezes my brain when someone says it.

I also hate when people say "adult" or "child" in situations when they imply that you need to grow up and be responsible for yourself at a certain age. Lumping people into age groups is the EXACT same thing as labelling people as queers, rednecks, geeks, white, black, etc. It's not necessary... we all mature at different ages. Piaget's last stage of development, the concrete operations stage, is not even reached by some people throughout their lifetime.

Also, when people ask me "How do you feel about this?", I always find myself at a loss of words. As in, not uttering a single word until given further prompts.

yes which is why I wont pot them

Phrases that bug me:

1) First Annual: If it's the first time you have an event, it CANNOT be annual!

2) It goes without saying: apparently it doesn't.

The word I hate the most is "teamwork."

I have a boss at work and all he does is walk around saying "teamwork", "teamwork". He apparently knows a few other words. Sometimes he walks around and says "Teamwork people, teamwork, people." One day he learned two new words, and they were "come" and "on". Now he can say "Come on, people, teamwork, teamwork."

"Come on, people, teamwork, teamwork." As far as I've observed, those four words are the extent of his vocabulary.

Empower, which usually means get somebody to do what I think they should. Educate, when used in the same way.

Teamwork

Carnivore as applied to humans who, if they aren't vegan like me, are usually omnivores.

I also get irrationally irritated by 'less' when 'few' is meant.

No offense to any native English speakers here.
But it bugs me when Danish people use English words and phrases (because they think it sounds more fancy?) when there are exactly as good words and phrases available in Danish.
As in, when they eat "leftovers" instead of "rester" for dinner, or talk to another one "face to face" instead of "ansigt til ansigt".

It also bugs me a bit when people talk about communication on the internet as opposite to "real life" communication. I mean: I know you can't see each other, but it is certainly a real person and not a machine you are communicating with on the net. (Those who don't acknowledge it may become so-called trolls. )
I also mean: you would never say that an old fashioned communication by paper mail, or even a conversation on the phone, was not "real"?
Isn't it all because it's still a kind of new thing?
(Like when people complain about the net "stealing time from being with people" when they themselves use just as much time watching TV? Should that be more "real"? You don't even communicate watching TV! And should it steal less time? It's just because you've got used to it over decades, while it's not (yet) the case with the internet! )

Little guy and little man for reason I wiah not to discuss,

not entirely true good sir...it's not really that difficult to draw two dots for eyes, and a curved line for a smile, with a circle around them on paper, but regardless, I totally agree with you.

And then they bring in the "but in such a level of bandwidth...that's the thing" excuse.

Either it's a hypocritical way of putting down technology, or it's just being hypocritical.

I HATE the word 'tummy'.

I don't like the word "supper"

I don' know...it just sounds like someone with a low-IQ talking about dinner; I love the word "dinner".

Has a certain sophistication to it.

I hate the phrase 'proof positive' because it suggests the unused and slightly illogical phrase proof negative.