Yes the situation you've described seems eerily similar to the use of the dreaded funest. I mean it's probably not going to add any significant carbon to the atmosphere if one uses a 'much' in there..oh shut up spell check..funest isn't even a word. Sorry to rant.. it's been a hot day lol...
I've mentioned this in another thread, but "What's good?" as a substitute for "How are you?" et al., is really irritating to me. Doubly so since McDonalds was using it for awhile in one of their ad campaigns. Not only does someone sound stupid using it, but it sounds like their biggest intellectual thought was a McDonalds commercial. I've more than once answered "What's good" with "Why do you call me good? There is but One who is good" to the utter befuddlement of my questioner. argh.
I didn't realize I was upsetting and irritating so many people. Sorry. Nah. Just gotta take me as I am - just a guy tryin' the best I can.
"Well there's been a little problem" Yes, and the problem is that you are both a flake and a jackass. Do you actually believe you will come out of this without suffering some very serious consequences? "I absolve myself of all responsibility" So what? It's still not going to save your sorry ###.
I'll throw in one last one(I think I've covered all the major ones that annoy me)-GOING FORWARD. -well, naturally we "go forward" in life..we don't go backward, and life doesn't freeze in time
Read though the entire thread to this point and finally found the "GOING FORWARD" which grates on me, and was going to be my contribution. It seems to be a favorite of athletes and sportscasters nowadays, and I wince every time I hear it.
"Don't worry" is a remarkably unhelpful thing to say to someone who is worried. Speaking as a military wife, I heard it far too often when my husband was in the Army Reserves and subsequently deployed to Iraq. It didn't result in my ceasing to worry and made me feel like people were dismissing my valid concerns. (BTW, he thankfully returned uninjured.)