Comments on: Clichés we can live without

by: may

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:44:43 +0000

“across the pond” (I really hate this one)
“no worries”
I hate “whatever” too. (Used far too often by my ex)

by: Tom

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:55:34 +0000

“In harm’s way”

“…and the name stuck”

by: rdb

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:38:36 +0000

“Quality” implying good quality. Advertisers love this sloppy usage because, of course, everything has some kind of quality so they can’t be busted.
“How goes it?” (It?)
“How are you?” (when “answered” with the same question and neither party answers it. Mere simian grunting.)
“Whatever” (passive aggressive avoidance of the speaker’s emotional or intellectual truth)

by: MrsPat

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:36:06 +0000

“Iconic”
“Surreal”

Both are so overused as adjectives that they have their symbolic, dreamlike qualities.