An article from the UK paper The Telegraph about infuriating phrases.
"I hear what you're saying." The point was to pack the most clichés into a single stretch of prose. So let me run this by you. After all, it's not rocket science...
This was so funny I could hardly believe it! It certainly pointed up the dangers of sloppy thinking and reliance on current cliches. The one I hate the most, I think, is the "24/7"--it isn't an abbreviation, or a colloquialism, or slang, it is just some kind of verbal fungus-like growth defiantly popping up everywhere, marring communication. My second most hated is "You know what I mean? Usually, no, I don't, and that phrase does not help a bit.
This was so funny I could hardly believe it! It certainly pointed up the dangers of sloppy thinking and reliance on current cliches. The one I hate the most, I think, is the "24/7"--it isn't an abbreviation, or a colloquialism, or slang, it is just some kind of verbal fungus-like growth defiantly popping up everywhere, marring communication. My second most hated is "You know what I mean? Usually, no, I don't, and that phrase does not help a bit.
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