Are there things some people say - misued words, stupid things, overused cliches, that drive you nuts?
Here are some of mine:
Using the word "literally" with a metaphore
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When they see this presentation, their heads will literally explode
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Um, unless you're using the technology from the movie "Scanners" - no, they won't.
Misusing "exponentially"
This word means "the constant e raised to the power equal to a given expression, as e3x, which is the exponential of 3x." For example, if your income was $1000 last January and you increased your income exponentially each month by the power of two, here's what you would have made in later months:
Jan $1000
Feb $2000
Mar $4000
Apr $8000
May $16,000
June $32,000
July $64,000
Aug $128,000
Sep $254,000
Oct $508,000
Nov $1,016,000
Dec $2,032,000
Keep it up and by next summer you'll be richer than Bill Gates.
So if this were true:
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Temperatures in the polar regions have increased exponentially in the past few years.
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The oceans would be literally boiling by now!
DejaVu all over again: Redundant.
What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas: Fun advertising slogan, but wayyyy over used at this point.
For computer database nerds:
Null Value"Null" means NO Value, so a null value is like a full emply space, or a dry wetness.
Any others?