The Top 10 Over-Used Words Or Phrases

So we go about our daily lives and I don't about you, but there are just some words and phrases that drive me crazy.   I am about to drop the top 10 over-used words or phrases.  Now if you use these, please accept my apology up front, but these drive me crazy and they need to stop now.

"Preggo"    Maybe it's too close to Maybe it’s too close to spaghetti sauce, I don't know.  Another one that's kind of close is “preggers.”  It's pregnant.  Expecting.  Not Preggo

"Epic Fail"  It's still used way too much and should go away.  So if you fail and it's not epic, is it a fail?  Does it have to be "EPIC" to be fall?  Just stop

"Sorry Not Sorry"  It's an insult!  Plain and simple.  Stop saying this.  It's an unapologetic apology.  You either are sorry or you are not.  Which is it?

"For All Intensive Purposes"  What does this even mean?  It means nothing, It should be, "for all intents and purposes”

"You Know My Name, But Not My Story"  Drama, that's all that is.  Drama, Drama.  Tell me your story and I'll know both

"Like"  This one drives me nuts.  I mean supper nuts.  "Like, can we go to the movies?  Or Like, are you hungry? Ugggggggh

"Right"  This one is close to "Like"  You are talking to someone, and instead of saying.  Yes or Correct, or I Agree, It's Right? and it's always used in question form.  STOP

"Pet Names"  This is for more in public,  Your name is Bill, not Sweet Pea, not hubby, love of my life, not baby cakes.  We do not wanna hear that.  Plus you can't keep it up.

"You Don't Deserve Me"  If you have to tell me that, you are correct, I don't.  This means we are done, we have reached the end but yet, but it's still being used all the time

"It Is What It Is".  No kidding Captain Obvious It Is What It Is.  As if we didn't know or couldn't see

Ok, now that I'm off my soap box, Ya'll have a nice day!

I grew up in the South, and I know there are many Southern words and phrases that some people just won't understand.  Mainly if they ain't from 'round here, ya know?

Growing up, I had a THICK Southern accent.  All it takes is watching a minute or two of old home videos to figure that out.  After I moved away from home, I feel like I lost a little bit of my accent.  In college, I was surrounded by people from all over the place. So, I guess I just picked up a more neutral accent.

That's not to say that my Southern accent doesn't come out-- especially with certain words or phrases! I had a boyfriend when I was in college who always told me that my accent definitely came out when I went back home to see my family.  I didn't think it was THAT bad.  But, honestly, there's nothin' wrong with a good old Southern accent.

Yesterday, I stumbled across a TikTok of a woman, and her husband was asking her about a particular word she'd used.  Apparently, she'd used the word on her Instagram story, and had quite a few messages about it.  You can see that video below!  But it also got me to thinkin' (that's a bit Southern, don't you think?)... I thought about a lot of other words and phrases we use and started searching for more relatable videos on TikTok.

Below, I've listed some of my favorites!  I know there are probably SO many more, and some I won't share -- trying to keep this PG!

This is the video that got me started on Southern words and phrases.  She is adamant about it being "hammydowns."  My favorite is when she says, "You don't say, 'Hand-Me-Downs!'" And... I kind of agree with her on this one!

Definitely have heard this one before!  You didn't happen to bring ___ widjadidja?

These are all words I've heard my entire life... and still use a few of them myself.  Especially "fixin'." And of course, Sam Hunt knows all about "kinfolks!"

I can't quite decide which of these are my favorites!  It might just be "Goodness gracious alive!"

If this isn't the truth!  And she even adds in the classic "Bless her heart" at the end!

Yep, I'm probably guilty of this one a time or two...

Surely you know what "to waller" means, right?

This is one I have always heard.  It's so funny if I ever say it around someone who has never heard it.

I can't decide which of these is my favorite either!  I know "Ill as a hornet," was a phrase I heard a lot growing up, and I haven't heard it in a long time.  Also, "Hold your horses!" And the "Come to Jesus meetin'" is a good one too!

Tee Gentry has called me out on using this phrase a good bit... so much so, he even bought me a sticker that says it: