Geesh, don’t these people have better things to do with their time?
With all due respect to the author, some of these phrases are fairly unique. I, personally, don’t have too much of a problem with them, at least not at this moment in time. Do some people over use them? Absolutely. Are they used at times when they shouldn’t of been used? Absolutely. Do I think it’s a nightmare when some people use them 24/7? Absolutely. But at the end of the day, it’s not really that big a deal to just hear or read past them. After all, it’s not rocket science.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html