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To brush off the results of a recent poll that asserts the word 'whatever' was voted the most annoying word for the third year running would seemingly be the best tribute to the news. 最近的民意调查显示whatever（随便）一词连续三年被评为年度最讨厌词汇。不把这个资讯当回事儿？最好的回敬方式莫过于说一句：whatever！ A university in up state New York announced Friday that the dismissive 'whatever' continues to reign supreme in the common lexicon. 纽约州一所大学周五公布，表示轻视鄙视意味的"whatever”再次在日常对话词汇王国中独领风骚，占据了最招人嫌的头把交椅。 For the third year in a row, the Marist University poll asked 1,026 adults what the most grating word was from a five options. 圣母学院已经是连续三年开展这样的民意调查了，该学校在全国范围内对1026名成人进行电话调查，询问最让他们讨厌的单词是什么？人们可以有5个选择。 Whatever took the cake with 38 per cent of the lot, though this is a drop of one point from last year, and even lower than it's high of 49 per cent in 2009. “whatever”（随便）脱颖而出，以38%的比率拔得头筹。不过这个比重比去年下降了1%。2009年，whatever甚至拿到了49%的“好成绩”。 While it clearly has staying power, some balked at the thought that 'whatever', a word made popular in the 1990s cult film Clueless, was truly the worst thing to come out of society's mouths over the past decade or so. | 
