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I'm mildly annoyed with the following currently ubiquitous overdone misuses of the language:

Chuck goes out each and every Friday night. (Every is enough.)

Jack goes to the exact same restaurant every day. (Why do you need "exact"? You don't... same is same and you can't convince me it's for emphasis. Same is same.)

Where is Bob at? (It seems like "at" is the most incorrectly and overused preposition these days... just say "Where is Bob?" and you're good.)

They gave the tires to George and I. Say it without the "George" and you'll see why it's wrong. George and me is what you want... or even me and George.

This one isn't incorrect, it's just stupid: "It is what it is." It's for people who don't have anything important or meaningful to say, they just like to talk. Or maybe they decided they were tired of "that's the way the ball bounces" or "that's life" or "what goes around, comes around."
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