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  • I'm all about catchphrases

    I hated this one the first time I heard it.
    Posted to The Spectator by gscottt on July 8, 2008

  • Catchphrase: ""X" is what "X" is all about."

    Bill Clinton used to employ this inane and insincere chestnut so frequently that it was OVER by the time he left office. Too bad nobody told the rest of Washington. Every %$#@!! politician running for anything has to use this construction, complete with pious, solemn expression and oodles of bogus conviction. ''That's what this election is all ...
    Posted to The Spectator by DGol on July 8, 2008

  • "You are what this show is about..."

    ''You are what this show is about...'' Gak! With the rise in the popularity of game shows, talent shows, and general-abuse reality shows...I never want to hear that phrase again!
    Posted to The Spectator by ReenieS on July 7, 2008

  • "My bad" / "flip flop"

    My bad- WORST. POP. PHRASE. EVER. Scrapes a nerve. Incredibly stupid, self-conscious and much too L.A.-ish to live. _______________________________ flip flop Try using ''weathervaned'' instead. The candidate weathervaned on the issue of linguistic freedom.
    Posted to The Spectator by kenforst on July 1, 2008

  • thrown under the bus

    The phrase ''thrown under the bus'' goes back to at least 1975-76. I think Steve Martin used it in his stand-up routine.
    Posted to The Spectator by mick50 on June 30, 2008

  • Back in the Day

    This catchphase should definitely be in Stage 4. One day I realized I was so tired of hearing that phase, I got to wondering just what words did we use to use in order to convey a time in our past. ''Way back when'', ''in my younger days'' or ''in my prime'' are a few that came to mind.
    Posted to The Spectator by jmartinez on June 30, 2008

  • A-Ha! an Uberphrase ready to deep-six

    My least favorite catch phrase is ''a-ha moment'' meaning an epiphany or sudden understanding. But I ''loves me some'' uberphrasing such as: ''She's an Uberbeyotch.'' Or: ''He's an uberprofessional.''
    Posted to The Spectator by ShelleyQT on June 29, 2008

  • Catchphrases in Hell

    Mr Rosenbaum, you either don't read Matt Groening's Life In Hell or perhaps had a senior moment, but a few times a year, Mr Groening gathers up the latest trendy words and catchphrases that have been overused, publishes them in his comic with the retainer that they have outlived their usefulness and should be retired. Another fellow who's been ...
    Posted to The Spectator by lastangelman on June 28, 2008