Stick to your guns.
Please?
The seven most magic words in all the land...
"If, in the opinion of the referee,..."
Amen. I despise Twitter. The entire concept is lame. I have no idea why it's taking off.
A few others:
"The exception that proves the rule". This is just dumb. Exceptions do not prove rules, they disprove them. This phrase is complete nonsense.
Often uttered by sportscasters late in a season: "They're no longer rookies/freshmen at his point in the season". Yes, they are. They've never been through a pennant race, or a playoff game, or a postseason tournament. Everything is still brand new at this point, and they're just as prone to a rookie mistake.
A good chunk of my job is spent cleaning up resumes, and I'm seeing this trend where people are using the phrase "to include" instead of the word "including". Not only is it grammatically incorrect, it's just clunky. I don't know who's teaching this, but they need to stop now.
Over use of the term "dude". It's like the whole world is turning into Keanu Reeves.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
Wow. Just wow.
"I hate to advocate chemicals, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone... But they've always worked for me."
-Hunter S. Thompson
"step up to the plate"
and any and all cliches...
"And leading off Wily Taveras"
Oxford researchers list top 10 most annoying sayings1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science
the cliché giving 110%.
It's so mind numbingly stupid - you can't possibly give more than 100%.
I don't know, I think there's a subtle difference between those two things. "I don't disagree" implies a but + further opinion, whereas "I agree" is a lot more conciliatory.
This is not to say there isn't corporate speak that I find insane. Laundry list comes to mind.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
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