Cliches you hate (stories, words, meaning, quote)

[tyvin]

"I hear you saying 2 things" when it's 1 thing.

relates to being called into the office at work.

Can be any # amount but it is always astounding with the freudian psychoanalysis of non-professional mental health people (I think it's the ones who have a few communication courses under their belts) have at you with such tactics.
Another one ------- I also hear you saying........

[sabbytabby]

"I think everyone should definitely have an opinion on using cliches...I'm just sayin."
(I think it's cute now, but it will soon get old)

[LinaJo76]

Ones I don't care much for:

1. "Tastes like chicken" (God! does everything taste like chicken to you?! NOOOOTTT!!)

2. "Sexually open" (yeah, right!)

Ones I do like:

1. "Blood is thicker than water" (that means a family should be close).

2. "Smells like men" (when I was single and going out a lot, I used to use this cliche when I went out. I liked when there were more men than women, sometimes).

[Yzette]

When I write fiction, I write horror. I cannot stand it when crime writers or other horror writers describe a stabbing by using the phrase "sickening ease," as in "the knife slid between her ribs with sickening ease."

Also, Anne Rice is the only writer who will ever be able to use "preternatural." Anyone else who uses it will remind a horror aficionado of her.

[tyvin]

"Team Player"

I am, but really; how many times a day are we subjected to - he's a team player, she's a team plalyer, are you a team player, what's a team player.

"I'm just sayin"

[Yzette]

Originally Posted by tyvin

"Team Player"

I am, but really; how many times a day are we subjected to - he's a team player, she's a team plalyer, are you a team player, what's a team player.

"I'm just sayin"

Or, "There's no 'I' in 'team!'"

Right, but there is a "me."

[cougfan]

"To be honest with you" - oh, so you've been lying the whole time?

"The fact of the matter is this:" - Way overused by political talking heads!

"(taking it)One day at a time" - Ya mean there's a way to do three days at a time???

[BBMark]

It's the fake buzz-word speak that really annoys me.
"Let's take this conversation offline and dialogue later"

[Dean Trails]

It is what it is!

[tyvin]

"Bent Over Backwards"

Really