Showing posts with label tired phrases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tired phrases. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Hated Phrase of the Day

My hated phrase of the day:  "excellent adventure."  As in Barry Hollander's Excellent Adventure.  Please, try some originality, folks.  And yes, we've done it recently in my college.  A Google News search found 40 uses of a tired phrase that is no longer excellent.