I read your comment and then I was literally like, “Whatever.”
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I don’t know. Sounds rather tinny to me.
Monty Python link.
I’ve always wanted to host a party wherein at some point in the evening i’d “drunkenly” go around to everybody in the room and tell each person what i love about them but starting off each one with “No offense, but …”.
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Similarly, if you have to look around before you say it then you probably shouldn’t say it at all.
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Good rule. I’d say same for if you feel you should whisper it.
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Some Brit flicks that have characters screaming out RIGHT!! in anger (making me laugh out loud most times):
Excalibur (Ridley Scott)
Grown-Ups (Mike Leigh)
A couple or so Monty Python efforts
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Also practically every sentence ever stammered by Hugh Grant on film.
(I’m just grumpy because I was forced to watch Love Actually yesterday.)
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RIGHT!!!
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Then this is for you:
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I shall investigate. thx.
Right.
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I hate “the new normal.”
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No offense, but this non-sequitur tastes of marzipan. 
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I feel like I need to use that when I tell someone I love them. My love feels a bit like damning with faint praise or something. “I love you. Sorry about that.”
/Looks around
I made some cake.
/whispers
There’s still some left over.
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Since I (for once) read the actual article, I note that this is the result of a telephone survey. What? Who answers their phone for surveys any more? Or participates if they do?
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phone call: hello, we’re doing a survey about the most annoying words…
reply: Oh, whatever
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I use “No offense, but” when I’m about to gently criticize a friend or colleague or a group they might fall into. For example, No offense, our country’s gone off the deep end…or No offense, but I didn’t think that movie was your style. Mind you I don’t use it often, but I do use it. That said, people who haven’t known me for a while seem to raise their antennae when I use that preamble because they’re probably used to it being followed by something asinine, but I still find it useful as a way to let someone know I’m not trying to be critical for criticism’s sake.
The chart @Melz2 posted is on point.
Again, good general rule, but I may check who’s in earshot before I even venture into certain topics. For instance, I prefer to discuss politics only in non-work company.
I guess the lesson is that there’s always exceptions that prove the rule. 
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Brilliant!
