tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post9005822435439932423..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: The Current Crop of ClichésJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-76824307997495599052011-08-20T14:44:20.742-04:002011-08-20T14:44:20.742-04:00Hi Liz, I love this post! Your pet peeves are mine...Hi Liz, I love this post! Your pet peeves are mine, too. I've also heard the word "like" far too much spoken, but luckily haven't seen it in the written language, yet. Maybe I'm just getting old.:-)Coco Ihlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200793687248191078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-91117831091715528192011-08-20T10:32:15.590-04:002011-08-20T10:32:15.590-04:00Liz my friend, this is one of your better posts. I...Liz my friend, this is one of your better posts. In fact, it is BRILLIANT! You should send it to Bill the Editor of the Times. I often wonder about the same meanings of these same words and phrases. Well, go figure... now whatthehell does THAT mean?<br />Thelma StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-62627764737865269352011-08-18T19:51:16.762-04:002011-08-18T19:51:16.762-04:00Liz, this is an amazing post and you are an amazin...Liz, this is an amazing post and you are an amazing writer. I thank you for writing it and I know you'll say 'no problem' because that's what everyone says 24/7since 'thank you' has apparently gone down the drain along with 'excellent' and other adjectives that amazing has replaced.Alan Cookhttp://alancook.50megs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64253334936621077592011-08-18T19:01:27.837-04:002011-08-18T19:01:27.837-04:00Using "grow" as a transitive verb, such ...Using "grow" as a transitive verb, such as "grow a business" as pointed out by Vicki Lane, was I think begun by Bill Clinton during his first campaign for the presidency. He promised to "grow the economy."J.P. Hansenhttp://kindlemystery.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-80185261103243320122011-08-18T18:46:55.134-04:002011-08-18T18:46:55.134-04:00Ohhh. So if I watched Project Runway, I would have...Ohhh. So if I watched Project Runway, I would have known. And yes, Cat, "my bad" belongs on this list. I wonder, am I the only one who will admit to occasionally <i>using</i> these expressions we're having so much fun trashing? It's sometimes hard not to join in--in speech, if not in my writing.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-90656273716798075072011-08-18T18:32:57.226-04:002011-08-18T18:32:57.226-04:00I meant to say today's it's an affectation...I meant to say today's it's an affectation to say "pant" instead of "pants" made popular by the TV shows mentioned.<br /><br />Here's another annoying cliché to ponder: "my bad" instead of saying "I'm sorry" or "oops" or "excuse me."<br /><br />Boggle the mind!cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980807453593307770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-22932805094515190122011-08-18T18:30:55.104-04:002011-08-18T18:30:55.104-04:00My mother was a fashion designer in England post-W...My mother was a fashion designer in England post-WWII. There "pants" meant undergarments, not trousers. When she came to America she discovered that "pant" was used very often to mean trousers in the "rag trade" (the garment manufacturing business). The word slowly migrated, with the ultimate S, to retail so that by the mid-to-late 1950s pants were available cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980807453593307770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-6197284185923213592011-08-18T17:24:04.746-04:002011-08-18T17:24:04.746-04:00Since copying the lowest common denominator of any...Since copying the lowest common denominator of anything is becoming popular, I suspect that is where pant came from. Mercifully, I missed that one. For fun, tweak their marketers by telling them you won't buy from those companies until they stop it? I love saying "post-haste" and had to catch myself in that last sentence.<br /><br />BrendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-85247096376732732502011-08-18T16:26:05.275-04:002011-08-18T16:26:05.275-04:00Wasn't 24/7 originally a business term used fo...Wasn't 24/7 originally a business term used for factories that operated around the clock and never shut down? I may be completely wrong. I've been hearing it for a long time, in any case.<br /><br />I suspect that somebody once said "back in the day" on TV and somebody else picked it up, and... That's the way all slang spreads. Slang is typically in the street language for aSandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40667976379714685902011-08-18T16:15:39.493-04:002011-08-18T16:15:39.493-04:00I think 24/7 came from an advertising slogan, mayb...I think 24/7 came from an advertising slogan, maybe from a convenience store chain? <br /><br />Using scrapbook as a verb drives me nuts. It's not only stupid,it's apparently dangerous to one's health. I've observed those who use scrapbook as a noun appear intellectually challenged--perhaps NIH should look into this.eileen Hamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-533143109366918222011-08-18T16:08:22.869-04:002011-08-18T16:08:22.869-04:00I'm so pleased to see all your comments. I'...I'm so pleased to see all your comments. I'm still hoping someone can provide info on where these expressions <i>started</i>. Did "24/7" and "back in the day" each originate on one specific TV show or simply sprout, like mushrooms?Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-61304794714467430372011-08-18T10:39:16.277-04:002011-08-18T10:39:16.277-04:00Coincidentally, a few days ago I was thinking abou...Coincidentally, a few days ago I was thinking about the odious "back in the day," because I know someone who uses it constantly, and because it's become all too commonplace on television programs. When you pause to think about it, it's a pretty vacuous expression. Phrases like "Years ago" or "X-number of years ago" or "in the Seventies [or whatever Barry Erganghttp://writetrack.yolasite.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-12552551781285150232011-08-18T09:50:14.187-04:002011-08-18T09:50:14.187-04:00As a non-writer, I can understand how some of thes...As a non-writer, I can understand how some of these phrases and/or words enter our language with new applications. After all, if they didn't, Old (or is that 'Olde'?) English would still be the written - and spoken -word. I think it might be a tendency of writers to mimic what is being said in the world outside of books.<br /><br />That being said, though I haven't heard or seenDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500345360900905162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74166942318174719492011-08-18T09:23:41.355-04:002011-08-18T09:23:41.355-04:00I recently read a(bestselling) book in which a roo...I recently read a(bestselling) book in which a room was described as being "decorated to within an inch of its life." That sentence has so much wrong with it that I don't know where to begin.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-57817711738848026752011-08-18T09:14:12.948-04:002011-08-18T09:14:12.948-04:00God bless you on "pant," Liz. A pant is ...God bless you on "pant," Liz. A pant is one leg of fabric. If you're not buying a pair of pants, you're not getting your money's worth.Barb Goffmanhttp://www.barbgoffman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-69102316389322541802011-08-18T09:10:25.816-04:002011-08-18T09:10:25.816-04:00Good one , Liz! (God, I know I used iconic just th...Good one , Liz! (God, I know I used iconic just the other day -- yikes!) One I don't like is 'grow' as in 'grow a business.' Just sounds wrong to me.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64041664651681302822011-08-18T08:52:58.888-04:002011-08-18T08:52:58.888-04:00I'm wondering where "threw him under the ...I'm wondering where "threw him under the bus" came from--you hear it everywhere now. I can also remember complaining when "impact" became a verb. How does that impact you?Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com