Damn, I love Google. Because of Google, we don’t even have to argue why the following turns of phrase are trite; the number of search results for each of these overused word combinations proves the point for us.
So please, never again write a speech, blog post or op-ed piece containing the following words or phrases:
1. “despite, or perhaps because of”
5. “threw up in my mouth a little”
6. “that’s hot” (it’s trademarked anyway, right?)
7. “not that there’s anything wrong with that” (this is going to be a tough one for us)
9. “my bad” (this has been a long time coming)
10. “bling”
12. “at the end of the day” (the most overused phrase of 2006, officially)
13. “[blank] is the new [blank]“
Thank you.
Tags: social media dallas
Allow me to kick off the 2007 nominations with:
“It is what it is.”
But a wardrobe malfunction IS the new perfect storm.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Ike, I was kind of hoping “B.L. Ochman’s dog” would have made it to the level of PR blog catch-phrase by now … as in, “You know less about blogging than B.L. Ochman’s dog.” Sadly, you never followed through
Steve, were you going to supply the rimshot or was I supposed to do that?