5 words to hate.

• Position: LANGUAGE - Brief article

Yeah, well, whatever. If that popular conversation-ender bugs you, you're not alone: For the fifth straight year, "whatever" ranks as the most annoying word in the English language, chosen by 38 percent of Americans in a recent poll. Coming in second in the annual survey by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion was "like" (22 percent), followed by "you know" (18 percent), "just sayin'" (14 percent), and "obviously" (6 percent). Mary...