January 10, 2008Poison Phrase- Overused words
The public relations department at Michigan‘s Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie targeted 19 affronts to the English language from over 2,000 submissions.
The list included “give back,” “a perfect storm,” and “throw under the bus.” I confess, my favorite was “x is the new y.” Let’s include, “fallacy is the new truth.”
Here’s an idea – let’s make truth the new truth.
At the risk of wearing the phrase out even more.
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