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Cliches may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person's cliche is another's sliced bread

  • Written by Kirk Hazen, Professor of Linguistics, West Virginia University
Cliches may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person's cliche is another's sliced breadWhen overrused phrases reach the point of aggravation, they become cliches.yongyuan/iStock/Getty Images Plus

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better and send thoughts and prayers to...

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