Linguistic Pet Peeves - What Are Yours?

Today in St. Peters, MO: Mostly sunny, high 35 degrees. Lovely weather for today's field trip.

Almost all of my writing friends and critique group members know about my pet peeves. One is the overuse of the word "albiet," which to me sounds stuffy, especially when used in dialogue.

My biggest pet peeve is the use of the adverb "gingerly." I don't know why this word bothers me, but it does. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I listened to an oral essay on NPR by a linquist with the same pet peeve.

I tried unsuccessfully to download the NPR video, so here's a link to the written essay.

'Equation,' 'Gingerly' and Other Linguistic Pet Peeves' is narrated by Geoff Nunberg, an adjunct full professor at University of California, Berkeley's School of Information, and the author of The Years of Talking Dangerously.

What about you? What are your linguistic pet peeves?