BBC News Magazine has compiled a list of its readers’ twenty most-hated phrases. Nothing new there — you’ll recognize them immediately. Yes indeed, you’ll see old friends like:
- “touch base” (and most other tiresome sports analogies)
- “110 percent”
- “24/7”
- “going forward”
- “in the pipeline”
- “roll out
- “can’t get my head around it” and many more
The worst thing is, the more you notice someone using these grating phrases, the more you notice them. Like, they’re all you can hear — which makes them even more exasperating. So, going forward, let’s try and keep stupid cliches out of the pipeline and maybe roll out some new ones — okay, team? If everyone works 24/7 and gives 110%, by the end of the day we’ll… oh, never mind.
via Lifehacker 
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