D. C. Donahue Books

Be thankful, grateful, patient, charitable, kind, and don’t forget to smile, as it is infectious. God Bless America and Protect Our President and Military

Here we go! Please feel free to add phrase favorites of your own.

1. I did a thing – Not in my top 10
2. I was or am today year’s old – Duh!
3. Girl Dad – News flash, you’re just a “Dad”
4. Fur Baby – Maybe I am old so someone please explain?
5. Unprecedented – No it’s not!
6. Now more than ever – Hmm! I don’t think so!
7. Do you see what I am saying – Oh! Do tell…NOT!
8. Read that again! – Pass
9. It is, what it is – No shit!
10. About last night – It’s like that Insurance sign commercial – Do we really need this??
11. Beyond the pale – Go fetch a pail of that word salad
12. Hack – Well I happen to like this word I bet so do taxi drivers//come on that’s FARE!
13. Iconic – Think, is it really?
14. At the end of the day – Unless you’re writing poetic verse or writing a novel where it applies, please STOP!
15. Fair Enough or Yeah! I know – Means they don’t actually care.
16. Adulting – Means you are too immature to actually be considered an adult
17. Nine out of ten times – By whose math are we talking!
18. This – I wasn’t aware it was being over/misused! Will, somebody please throw me a frickin’ bone!
19. Chef’s Kiss – First, I am hearing about this one, but to all chefs – please don’t, at least not around my food, as I already have trust issues.
20. Period – Hmm! Unless we are referring to a woman’s 28-day cycle, I think we can all agree that most sentences end with a period!
21. Literally – Ok! Where do I start? I have found that most people using this word are not very well-read and not very good at debate.

Now, a few of my own words that drive one crazy, well, at least me!

Irregardless – Often used by the “Literally” folks who I think meant, Regardless

Going Forward – Makes my brain rewind.

With all due respect, and on par with “BUT” – Everything that follows is just a slap down full of BS

Dude – Unless you’re a cowpoke living on a ranch that does cattle drives and breaks horses for a living, please stop killing this word

Whatever or whatever Dude is the most annoying of all time winning the prize

Fake News/Like/Synergy

Okay! It’s your turn.