民调显示，“whatever(无论什么)”连续第二年被美国人认为是“最令人讨厌的词语”。位列第二和第三的是“like(喜欢)”和“you know what I mean(你明白我的意思)”。

今日公布的玛丽斯特民调(Marist Poll)结果显示，39%的受访者最讨厌使用“whatever”。据了解，在谈话时这个词使用的频率非常高。29%的受访者讨厌听到“like”这一词语，在他们看来，这个词是最具攻击性的词汇。此外，15%的受访者，对“you know what I mean”这句话充满了厌恶感。紧随其后的，则是10%的受访者不喜欢听到 “to tell you the truth（说实话）”。

在2009年，“whatever”以47%的投票率被选为最令人厌恶的词语。

Other phrases that make your skin crawl..."at the end of the day"..."blood and treasure"..."it is what it is" and "look"... when it's used to start the answer to a question.

So which words drive East Texans bananas?

"OMG. I hate that."

"Absolutely."

"When they don't answer your question and they say I guess."

"Laugh out loud."

"That's what she said."

"You can sit there and try to be talking about something serious and they're just like that's what she said."

"Like so many times in a sentence and I was like and she was like and he was like."

"We're in a recession. It's because we're in a recession. And we hear it a lot."

"Get on my level. I get so irritated when people say that because they don't know what level I'm on!"