word snob

it's small, my cringe reaction to catch-all phrases. i loathed 'it's all good' as a flipping hippie coin inclined to dispel any annoyance, large or small. it's been replaced with 'no worries' EVERYBODY says 'no worries'. who started this? how did it take hold? didn't we all hate 'don't worry be happy' as bumper sticker easy-as-pie pablum even though it originated with Meher Baba and stood on solid guru ground? the 'no worries' slight-of-hand that is a more upbeat 'whatever'? curls the hair on the back of my neck. within the last couple of years 'real quick' is all over the sidewalk - a no problem wait a sec snap your fingers instant solution to any troubling knot in the day that will be taken care of 'real quick'. it's not even the the absentee 'ly' that bothers me so much as the fact that everyone i know, friends and not friends, say it. (this may be part of the waitress hears too many verbal shortcuts syndrome.) lastly, and this is totally a waitress complaint and leaks primarily from girls, is 'thank yeeeew' - the 'eew' being drawn out in a small 'o'-shaped mouth and held onto for dear life. it is nasal and obnoxious and never ending. fingernails screech on the blackboard. why this stuff plugs me in so fiercely i cannot fathom. like the little finger beside a glass of wine that 'does it by itself', i am caught in the web of my own observation.