All stories about "Pet Peeves"

As you'd expect, we get lots and lots of random mail through our tipsline. We like almost all of it, even if we don't always have time to write back. But since it is our special happy day, I thought I'd put down a few words that drive me up the wall. Please don't send these words to us anymore. If you must use them, please use asterisks. For instance: cur***. See, that wasn't so hard, was it? After the jump, a surprisingly short list of Words (and Phrases!) to Avoid.