FourFour Rich (swoon) recently put together a wonderful video montage featuring repeated uses of that tired and frustrating reality competition show adage: "I'm not here to make friends." Yes indeed, it's been said so many times it's lost all meaning. Though it's not the only overused and essentially meaningless reality show mantra trundling around the airwaves these days. Take a look after the jump at five other old saws and groan and bury your face in your hands along with me.

"I'm in it to win it."/"I came here to win."
 Uttered by bull-terrier wide-shouldered ladies and lilting, wispy gays alike, reality competitors love to remind themselves and the cameras that they are, in fact, competing for something.

"I'm just playing the game."
 Similar to the "here to win" tropes, wicked contestants like Project Runway's Wendy Pepper and Top Chef's Spike Stupidhat have repeatedly defended their actions by saying that they're just playing the game of winning. Popularized by Survivor which, unlike shows where actual creative ability is meant to determine success, is actually about playing a game.

"And you know, I'm thinking: 'I could be going home tonight/today.'"
 Weary contestants, beaten down by the days competition or sensing the tides of bad voting turning their way, will often sigh this to the cameras. Are they hoping that the producers will take pity on them? Are they trying to steel themselves for a possible disappointment? Well, considering that these things are filmed after the fact, we're pretty sure they're just trying to get you excited. We just wish they'd find a new way to express their worry. But, it can't have anything to do with "packing his/her bags." Because that's tired too.

"I think I might be falling for/in love with ___"
 You think? You might be? And let's not even go into how annoying it is to say that you're "falling for" someone. Though, to be fair, we might actually just be mad at the genre that produces this fairly tame line, as we're not so much fans of A Flavor Shot at The Bachelor's Rock Love.

"Throw ___ under the bus."
 Popularized by Top Chef, now everyone on TV is saying this damn thing. I liked it at first, it had a kind of cigar-chomping zip to it, but now the bus and the world under its wheels are too crowded.

Which other phrases rankle with you?