Two clear reasons:

First, Bloomberg circumvented the wishes of NYC voters and abolished term limits via the New York City Council. New Yorkers don’t take kindly to their legally mandated wishes being disregarded. Bloomberg should have stepped away and run again in 2013. Suggesting that his tenure couldn’t be interrupted because he was the only one who could solve New York City’s problems was arrogant in the extreme.

Secondly, Bloomberg outspent Thompson by an unseemly amount, flooding voters with annoying telephone solicitations and media ads. There is resentment that he “bought” the election.

In no way does Michael Bloomberg have a clear mandate. Because of Bloomberg’s sense of self-importance, many New Yorkers voted tor Thompson –even though they may have regarded Bloomberg as the better administrator.

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A close second is “sort of” in quick succession. Madonna does this as part of her phony English accent and now I hear all the liberal radio voices saying it. I’m a liberal and will never use the phrase.

In at third is the over use of “amazing.” I hear all of the wealthy New York City young people saying it now. Ammaaayyyzzing. That was so amazing. That coat is amazing. Those shoes are amazing…and on and on.

Oprah always says “fantastic, we’ll be right back,” then cuts to commercial. According to her, everything is fantastic.

I actually like it when people use “I” and “me” incorrectly because then I can snicker at them. The reality star or the real estate agent who thinks she is well educated and wealthy proclaims “my husband and I’s vacation was FABULOUS.” Which reminds one of another annoying and overused descriptive word.

“Thrown under a bus” should also be noted.

- Awesome!
- That just made my life! (I hear this one so much throughout the day…if it had really made your life, then you wouldn’t be saying it over and over.)
- Drowneded - how did this even originate? You drown or you drowned. You did not “drowneded.”
- “Who even says that?” Obviously *somebody* does, right?
- “Do you want me to do this, or…?” It really bothers me when someone purposely leaves their question open in order to try to sound more educated.
- Saying “slash” out loud, as in “purple slash pink” or “and slash or.”
- “Where are you at?” As mentioned by someone else, I cannot stand this one in particular.
- Repetition such as “What a cute little baby!” or “The puppies are very young.”