"Whatever" easily beat out "you know," which especially grated a quarter of respondents. The other annoying contenders were "anyway" (at 7 percent), "it is what it is" (11 percent) and "at the end of the day" (2 percent).

you know, I absolutely don't remember when it was; but anyway I do remember thinking to myself, "whatever, at the end of the day, it is was it is."
- joe btfkpst