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		<title>Oxford University&#8217;s Top 10 Irritating Phrases</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Oxford University just released their top ten most irritating phrases. The researchers who compiled the list monitor the use of phrases in a database called the Oxford University Corpus, which comprises books, papers, magazines, broadcast, the Internet, and other sources. The top ten most irritating phrases: 1 &#8211; At the end of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Phrase for American English?</title>
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