Cliches that drive you crazy

[SteelMaiden]

A while back we talked about BS Bingo. We are talking about nomenclature that drives us crazy in another thread. What are some of the new banalities that just absolutely drive you up a wall?

My favorite, (or is that least favorite ) are:

"It's all good." Oh, come on. If it was all good, you wouldn't be talking about it!

"It's a beautiful thing." It might be, but this phrase is SO overused that it makes me want to upchuck.

And my personal pet peeve phrase...."It is what it is" Well, if it was something else, we wouldn't be having this little discussion, would we?

[Jim Wynne]

I get a kick out of clichés that are based on stale metaphors, such as "toe the line." You'll often see this written as "tow the line," which is evidence that the person writing it isn't thinking about what he's writing. A similar construction is one a former coworker of mine used often: "Powers to be" rather than "Powers that be."

[GStough]

In Reply to Parent Post by Jim Wynne

I get a kick out of clichés that are based on stale metaphors, such as "toe the line." You'll often see this written as "tow the line," which is evidence that the person writing it isn't thinking about what he's writing. A similar construction is one a former coworker of mine used often: "Powers to be" rather than "Powers that be."

Good ones, Jim!

I also have a pet peeve with misspelled words. Can't stand to see them!

[SteelMaiden]

Jim, it gives me a visual of some poor little "ziggy"-like character with a huge tow-line over one shoulder eternally marching off into the distance.

[Cari Spears]

Someone I know always says "I'm just talking out loud." when he means "thinking" out loud. It doesn't annoy me at all - it just makes me giggle.

[gard2372]

I have two that popped into my mind.

1- "It's common sense". Well if its so common then how come more people don't have it.

2- "He/She's Good People" Need I say more...

[SteelMaiden]

We have a hearing impaired person here, he always catches someone on their way through to tell them that he needs to go to their area, and needs their assistance with whatever task he's got in mind. Without fail, they tell him "sure, I'd be happy to help you, just give me call when you are ready"

[gard2372]

In Reply to Parent Post by SteelMaiden

We have a hearing impaired person here, he always catches someone on their way through to tell them that he needs to go to their area, and needs their assistance with whatever task he's got in mind. Without fail, they tell him "sure, I'd be happy to help you, just give me call when you are ready"

That made my day!