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Words that irritate

Lightening flashes across the Spokane skyline in 2004 as thunderstorms and wind spark up new fires across the region. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
Lightening flashes across the Spokane skyline in 2004 as thunderstorms and wind spark up new fires across the region. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Do you have phrases or words that irritate you? Well, maybe not, but writers often do.Here are some words and phrases from 2013 that we could eliminate from our lives – and survive just fine.

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.