6 Dumb Things Said by Smart People

6. “At the end of the day…” – Okay, so this one’s not so much dumb as it is irritating. It’s just another conversational stall tactic like “well” and “as I see it” – an upgrade from childhood staples like “umm” and “like”.

We’ll take a nice, thoughtful pause over “At the end of the day” any day.

5. “Anyways” – Most dictionaries call it “nonstandard”. We call it a great way to make the people around you discount your intelligence by at least 10 points.

4. “Irregardless” - You don’t run around saying “I haven’t got no…” and this is the same kind of thing. “Regardless” will suffice.

3. “For all intensive purposes…” – What does that even mean? It’s actually supposed to be “for all intents and purposes…”

2. “For serious.” – We don’t know where this expression originated, but we don’t like it. For serious.

1. “I’m not gonna lie to you…” – The fact that a person feels the need to preface a sentence with this statement makes us wonder – were they lying to us before?