What REALLY grinds your gears?

[mlmpetert]

People who say "the proverbial" in use with a proverbial saying.

example:

He was thrown under the proverbial bus.

Just say he was thrown under the bus. Its rediculous. Unless you are using an odd or uncommon saying you sound like a idiot when you tack "the proverbial". I feel like sports people are espicially bad in saying "the proverbial". And as much as i like Mark Schlereth he seems to be one of the worse offenders.