This question came up at the office today, and out of pure curiousity, I
thought I'd pose the same question to this group:

How many of you use "like" too often in your speech?  I mean, "like my
friend Sally was, like, so cool, and she was like "oh thank you."  That sort
of thing.

I know I'm driven nuts every time I hear this, but I was astounded when one
of my co-workers said I did it, too!  Not very often, she hastened to add,
but on occasion.  So I suppose I need to pay close attention to what I'm
saying. LOL

Another speech habit I loathe is "whatever." My sister uses it and it's a
real conversaton-stopper.  It implies a brush-off of the other person and is
just plain rude, in my opinion.

So, what do you think?  What are your speech peeves?

Kat