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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._re_eu/cliches

Top Stories - AP

'At the End of the Day' Tops Cliche List

LONDON - At the end of the day, it's the most irritating cliche in the English language. So says the Plain English Campaign which said the abused and overused phrase was first in a poll of most annoying cliches.

Second place went to "at this moment in time," and third to the constant use of "like," as if it were a form of punctuation. "With all due respect" came fourth.


http://www.plainenglishcampaign.com

They nailed my favorite, "thinking outside the box" whic is about as inside box talking as you can get. Dont know about that hymn one.

Other terms that received multiple nominations included: 24/7; absolutely; address the issue; around (in place of about); awesome; ballpark figure; basically; basis ("on a weekly basis" in place of "weekly" and so on); bear with me; between a rock and a hard place; bottom line; crack troops; glass half full (or half empty); I hear what you're saying; in terms of; it's not rocket science; literally; move the goal-posts; ongoing; prioritize; pushing the envelope; singing from the same hymn sheet; the fact of the matter is; thinking outside the box; to be honest/to be honest with you/to be perfectly honest and touch base.


Formed in 1979, the Plain English Campaign is an independent

[AnotherSarcasticSock]

http://www.zipperfish.com/free/quiz/likejailbait.html

I only missed one.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'm a lapsed Catholic. We don't have the badwith to explain my hangup on that issue.

I think her use of the word "father" had nothing to do with priests, though.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
I think she has always been nasty. Ugly.As.Hell.

Now I know why your wife suspects you're gay.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
They nailed my favorite, "thinking outside the box" whic is about as inside box talking as you can get. Dont know about that hymn one.

Sorry, in-phoner. I wrapped up my "Thinking inside the box is the new thinking outside the box" campaign back when you were still searching for the perfect Appletini. Your struggle to remain relevant is depressing even me.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by spookyfish
I think her use of the word "father" had nothing to do with priests, though.

Thanks.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
literally

You can intentionally use literally when it's figurative if everyone knows you're making fun of people who use literally instead of figuratively, right?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
No. But, by this point, the people who have not learned to hate the game and not the player are the same types of people who still think it is classy and even a bit avant-garde when a restaurant starts featuring the iceberg wedge as a salad.

Not to be a flower-hater here or anything, but while I understand your motivation for wanting to change things up a bit, the whole thing simply doesn't work.

Why, you may ask?

Try this little exercise.

What's the first thing that comes to one's mind when reading the phrase,



"Behold the Flower"

Anyone? Anyone?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by spookyfish
What's the first thing that comes to one's mind when reading the phrase,

"Behold the Flower"

Anyone? Anyone?

A flasher?

[dtb]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
They nailed my favorite, "thinking outside the box" whic is about as inside box talking as you can get. Dont know about that hymn one.

Other terms that received multiple nominations included: 24/7; absolutely; address the issue; around (in place of about); awesome; ballpark figure; basically; basis ("on a weekly basis" in place of "weekly" and so on); bear with me; between a rock and a hard place; bottom line; crack troops; glass half full (or half empty); I hear what you're saying; in terms of; it's not rocket science; literally; move the goal-posts; ongoing; prioritize; pushing the envelope; singing from the same hymn sheet; the fact of the matter is; thinking outside the box; to be honest/to be honest with you/to be perfectly honest and touch base.

When someone says "thinking outside the box" it makes me embarrassed for him/her. {{Shudder.}} It is so trite, it has become meaningless. Almost as shudder-worthy are: to be honest (what? you're being dishonest whenever you don't say that?); I hear what you're saying (in fact, that rivals "thinking outside the box" for shudder-inducing capability); and touch base. Ugh.

I've gotta say though, some of those aren't that bad. I mean, "ongoing" seems inoffensive enough, as do "rock/hard place," "move the goal-posts," and "literally". What would one say in place of "literally" when one means "literally"?

Originally posted by spookyfish
Not to be a flower-hater here or anything, but while I understand your motivation for wanting to change things up a bit, the whole thing simply doesn't work.

Why, you may ask?

Try this little exercise.

What's the first thing that comes to one's mind when reading the phrase,



"Behold the Flower"

Anyone? Anyone?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by dtb

I've gotta say though, some of those aren't that bad. I mean, "ongoing" seems inoffensive enough, as do "rock/hard place," "move the goal-posts," and "literally". What would one say in place of "literally" when one means "literally"?

I'm partial to "like, totally."

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by paigowprincess

I was gonna say "Georgia O'Keefe," but that covers it.

[spookyfish]

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God, I find myself agreeing with Sebastian more and more. Scary. But this is in fact what we do. Unfortunately, Briscoe usually votes for sleeping in the sun-patch by the window
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Originally posted by paigowprincess
1) THank you for reminding me of the surname of the guy who was probably the great would be love of my life, but I had commitment issues (not the mental institution kind) so I pushed him away. I will google him to see how that turned out.

Lenny's still working the mean streets.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I was gonna say "Georgia O'Keefe," but that covers it.

Right. It goes with my new location.