Reuters is just saying.
“Whatever” headed the list, cited by 32 percent of adults, and next came “like,” which 21 percent didn’t like. Runners-up included “Twitterverse” and “gotcha’.” The results mirrored last year’s survey when “whatever” topped the annoying words list for a third straight year. But “seriously,” named by 7 percent last year, dropped off the list entirely – really.