Overused Phrases/Sayings

[sofutomygaha]

Oddly I don't think I'd ever heard anyone say "grinds my gears" before the Family Guy movie.  Maybe it just wasn't around where I grew up.

In sports, my new (anti)favorite is "When you look at..."

When we watch football (ie before basketball starts) my wife and I always make fun of the announcers and analysts for always saying "football" instead of "ball" or just no adjective at all.

It seems like you can't have players make good plays to win games in the NFL, you have to have football players make good football plays to win football games in the National Football League. 

Maybe it's confirmation bias but this tendency doesn't seem nearly as strong in any other sport.

I love it; you are spot on. I've noticed that in the NBA, it's not the National Basketball Association, it's "This League." Because I speak fluent I will now translate your statement from NFL to NBA-

Any time you look at what it takes to win in This League, I need to have to have a guy who can score the basketball on my team.

[angryguy77]

Can't stand it when "like" is said every other word.

[thirstyboots18]

In speech, "You know..."  or "Ya know..."

In writing, one many people (including your truly) use:  "That being said..."

[thirstyboots18]

In addition to that, my favorite saying, which is probably irritating to everyone else, I learned from my father-in-law.  "When all is said and done, more is said than done."  I have said it and written it....and done it, 

[guava_wrench]

Any percentage over 100 is idiotic.

I can't stand 'score the ball'. You can rebound the ball, but you don't score the ball. You shoot the ball through the hoop, and you score.

Look at hockey. You don't score the puck. You score a goal. In football, you score a touchdown, you don't score a football. In baseball, you score a run, you don't score a player (you drive the player home).

You do score salmon skin before you grill it. I suppose you could score a basketball that way.

People can save time and breath by not bothering to add a direct object to score when talking about basketball.

[guava_wrench]

I feel that 'it is what it is' is overused, but it is an excellent phrase when used correctly.

The proper usage is in situations when people are over-analyzing, trying to find deep meaning when there really isn't any to be found. Sometimes, stuff just happens, whether in sports or in other domains.

I find the term 'Heat check' annoying, though there are times when guys are actually doing that. Other times, they just have a questionable shot selection.

[2short]

have to add another
dude
like it dude whats up
hey dude

[mgent]

The phrase "seems legit," or "that's legit," or "I'm legit angry right now," or anything else using that abbreviation.  It's become way too saturated.

As far as basketball, I can't stand the saying, "whichever team wins the boards usually wins the game" or any time the media makes a big deal about winning percentages when the team gets more rebounds in a series/stretch of games.  What the heck do you expect?  95% of the time it has nothing to do with how teams control the boards, it's just because the losing team misses more shots.

A recently popular one that I hate is YOLO.

[sofutomygaha]

I can't stand 'score the ball'. You can rebound the ball, but you don't score the ball. You shoot the ball through the hoop, and you score.

co-sign. This drives me crazy. You don't score a football. If you did, then the score could be one football to zero footballs. Imagine if this was applied more broadly in sports...

The US 4x100 relay team has finished the baton in record time!!!

The count is full and the bases loaded, Jon Lester really needs to strike the baseball here.

Tiger Woods needs to birdie the ball on this hole to stay under par.

Needing a takedown to win gold in wrestling, Gardner scored Karlov to the mat.

Having not scored in three rounds, the fencer finally touched the sword!

[alley oop]

"It's gone viral"

[CelticsFan9]

"To be honest,..."

I despise this phrase, because whenever some says it, I think, "Wait a minute, you're telling me every other thing you've ever told me was dishonest?"

It also sickens me hearing the word "hashtag" on every commercial and sports show.  Screw Twitter.

[thirstyboots18]

Any percentage over 100 is idiotic.

I can't stand 'score the ball'. You can rebound the ball, but you don't score the ball. You shoot the ball through the hoop, and you score.

Look at hockey. You don't score the puck. You score a goal. In football, you score a touchdown, you don't score a football. In baseball, you score a run, you don't score a player (you drive the player home).

You do score salmon skin before you grill it. I suppose you could score a basketball that way.

People can save time and breath by not bothering to add a direct object to score when talking about basketball.

ha ha ha.  I don't "score" the salmon skin before grilling it....

[BballTim]

Any percentage over 100 is idiotic.

I can't stand 'score the ball'. You can rebound the ball, but you don't score the ball. You shoot the ball through the hoop, and you score.

Look at hockey. You don't score the puck. You score a goal. In football, you score a touchdown, you don't score a football. In baseball, you score a run, you don't score a player (you drive the player home).

You do score salmon skin before you grill it. I suppose you could score a basketball that way.

People can save time and breath by not bothering to add a direct object to score when talking about basketball.

ha ha ha.  I don't "score" the salmon skin before grilling it....

  Does the skin curl up?

[KGs Knee]

This isn't truly an overused phrase, it's actually a misused phrase, but, "I could care less" really burns my ass.  Unless of course, you mean to say you do care, a lot.

[Vermont Green]

I have a couple:

When some one starts a statement with "look"; Bill O'Reilly is famous for that one but many others too.

But the worst is when someone asks themself a question:

"Do I think Player X will be MVP", no, "Do I think Player X is a solid contributor", yes...

Does this drive me crazy as an example of lazy language? yes.

and on it often goes.