There are many phrases I hear on the news and in commercials that I find annoying, painful, and simply illogical. This is one of the worst offenders.

I was watching a commercial today for a bank and the woman in the commercial said that the bank was "the number one online banking web site." Which got me wondering: what's the number one banking web site that's not online?

I've heard this kind of phrase used in other commercials, on many news broadcasts, and even on dramas and sitcoms. I don't know why this continues to be done. This is 2009, it's not 1996 anymore, with most of the population not even online and not sure of the terminology. Trust me, if someone is interested in doing their banking online, they already know it's a web site. (Another phrase I've heard is "internet web site," which irritates me too.)

I mean, if we're going to keep saying "online web sites," that means we have to also say "fictional novels," "male men," and "senior old people."