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MaryMagdaline

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63. Yes. The lawyer Bob Shapiro was clever to use it

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 05:41 PM

Jan 2018

But its overuse makes me crazy.

"connect the dots" was brilliantly descriptive of our failure to connect isolated events before 911. Within 48 hours after 911 I could no longer bear to watch TV, not just because of the replaying of the horrors of that day, but because someone was going to say "connect the dots" every 2 minutes.

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What cliches, hackneyed phrases make you cringe? [View all] MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 OP

Back in the day .... VMA131Marine Jan 2018 #1

"At the end of the day." nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #67

I rather like it because it's uniquely descriptive of the bottom line ailsagirl Jan 2018 #74

"GROW the Economy" hlthe2b Jan 2018 #2

We are not pregant. WE are expecting a baby or even HAVING a baby. SHE is pregnant. hedda_foil Jan 2018 #15

EXACTLY hlthe2b Jan 2018 #16

The other one - baby bump. sarge43 Jan 2018 #20

OMG YES!!! Baby bump is cringeworthy. (another word that should be banned.) hedda_foil Jan 2018 #21

I detest the obsession with filming "the bump" especially among celebrities hlthe2b Jan 2018 #23

Me, too. Agree totally Ohiogal Jan 2018 #109

Thank you! Iris Jan 2018 #41

At the end of the day CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #3

Ugh hear that constantly MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #4

Me too, until I retired CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #5

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been there, done that.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #6

With all due respect, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #7

"It is what it is" FSogol Jan 2018 #8

Most hated Clarity2 Jan 2018 #9

Not a phrase or cliche, but a misuse pandr32 Jan 2018 #10

As in "Anymore, the mail comes early?" MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #11

At least I won't say I committed a misnomer MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #13

Who says that? pandr32 Jan 2018 #29

Trump just said some report about him was a "misnomer," MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #52

I should have know it was tRump pandr32 Jan 2018 #80

Ugggggh...yes! pandr32 Jan 2018 #28

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Always thought that was a Philly-ism. Zoonart Jan 2018 #76

Not my circus Cirque du So-What Jan 2018 #12

Reminds me of not my first rodeo MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #14

"Got your back" wishstar Jan 2018 #17

My supervisor always says that to us lunatica Jan 2018 #48

I hate that one too RandomAccess Jan 2018 #87

...and a very stable genius at that! Submariner Jan 2018 #18

Pretty much all of them. My esteem for a pundit or speaker immediately goes down when they use Midwestern Democrat Jan 2018 #19

Long list. Here's some. Iggo Jan 2018 #22

A few ailsagirl Jan 2018 #24

Connect the dots! Yes. MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #54

I don't mind "disingenuous" because it's a legitimate word ailsagirl Jan 2018 #56

Yes. The lawyer Bob Shapiro was clever to use it MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #63

Overuse of a word is crazy-making!! ailsagirl Jan 2018 #66

I Keep An On-going List of Trendy Slang Terms I Detest.... becca da bakkah Jan 2018 #25

I hate "delish" pamela Jan 2018 #32

Let's have a convo about your preso klook Jan 2018 #100

now look... lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #26

I know many people who don't even think inside the box. Sneederbunk Jan 2018 #27

LOL! ailsagirl Jan 2018 #57

"No good deed goes unpunished." pamela Jan 2018 #30

Yes-- it is the height of cynicism ailsagirl Jan 2018 #70

This one Freddie Jan 2018 #101

The American people want maranadem Jan 2018 #31

In terms of cliches in writing and speaking, I've been there, done that even when thinking... NNadir Jan 2018 #33

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LOL! lunatica Jan 2018 #49

After that I am afraid to say anything! MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #50

May I use this as an example in my courses? I teach college English, and tblue37 Jan 2018 #68

I'd consider it a badge of honor if you'd be my guest applying it to the babes in the woods... NNadir Jan 2018 #79

I got one that is off the hook/chain ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #115

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking this is the kiss of death for these posts... NNadir Jan 2018 #116

Woke. kacekwl Jan 2018 #36

Every time I hear that Freddie Jan 2018 #105

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Never heard that one doc03 Jan 2018 #55

"Believe me" PJMcK Jan 2018 #39

Hahahahaha! That's a trump special. brush Jan 2018 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2018 #40

"It is what it is" always bothered me mvd Jan 2018 #41

All good examples MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #59

When football sportscaster says.. MLAA Jan 2018 #43

"At the end of the day." "Things of that nature." "It's a little of both." brush Jan 2018 #44

The feigned and insincere "Sorry" thrown out when they're not "sorry" at all- usually NBachers Jan 2018 #46

" doesn't suffer fools" kairos12 Jan 2018 #47

"When you go to bed with Dogs.... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #51

enough is enough, all due respect doc03 Jan 2018 #53

all of them... handmade34 Jan 2018 #58

The thing about "Think outside the box" rock Jan 2018 #60

"For shits & giggles." Basic LA Jan 2018 #61

yummy n/t emulatorloo Jan 2018 #62

Using "literally" hurl Jan 2018 #64

I literally died when you said that MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #65

My nine year old boy inserts it in literally every sentence. Codeine Jan 2018 #69

My 8 year boy was using literally all the tine. CottonBear Jan 2018 #81

Old School utopian Jan 2018 #71

Hmmmm now I have to do a new list MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #72

I hate that one. yardwork Jan 2018 #93

"Have a good one..." for some reason bothers me JDC Jan 2018 #73

optics, pivot n/t hibbing Jan 2018 #75

"No problem" choie Jan 2018 #77

Yes! klook Jan 2018 #83

"We must become more nimble." democratisphere Jan 2018 #78

"It was a nightmare," klook Jan 2018 #82

Along These Lines RobinA Jan 2018 #94

"Let me be honest with you." Golden Raisin Jan 2018 #84

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle -- RandomAccess Jan 2018 #85

"It's all good," klook Jan 2018 #86

"At the end of the day" elfin Jan 2018 #88

Its God's Will Bayard Jan 2018 #89

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Moving Forward! It's like every mid management douche now knows he has to work that in brewens Jan 2018 #91

The phrase, "No offense but..." ChazII Jan 2018 #92

Here's another: choie Jan 2018 #95

Everything RobinA Jan 2018 #96

Impact weather day. I don't know if this is just my local news channel trying to make this a thing seaglass Jan 2018 #97

Or 'how to make what's outside the everyone's kitchen window seem like news' discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2018 #98

Oh yeah! I just remembered one: "If true..." Iggo Jan 2018 #99

Nothing burger. Squinch Jan 2018 #102

Yep, that's another one. Iggo Jan 2018 #114

"Livin' the dream," klook Jan 2018 #103

Born and bred DUgosh Jan 2018 #104

Cool beans tymorial Jan 2018 #106

Ut oh..... Bayard Jan 2018 #117

Makes me crazy lol tymorial Jan 2018 #119

The use of hashtag! in real world conversation. Oneironaut Jan 2018 #107

"Everything happens for a reason" LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #108

"A big nothingburger" Ohiogal Jan 2018 #110

I hate mistakes with such phrases more than any particular phrase ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #111

Light at the end of the tunnel. lpbk2713 Jan 2018 #112

Back in the day ashling Jan 2018 #113

"Constitutional crisis." HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2018 #118

"Disruptive" anytime it's celebrated like a GOOD thing (i.e., from Tech Bros) Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #120

"Price point" which means exactly the same thing as "price". HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2018 #121