Stop the pain
Unless you’re writing about a defective line of breast milkers, it’s time to retire Pain at the Pump.
Unless you’re writing about a defective line of breast milkers, it’s time to retire Pain at the Pump.
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Banned for Life is devoted to those expressions so gratingly overused that they should be forever banned from the nation's news reports.
George Orwell put it best:
"Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print."
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These are my most-loathed expressions:This site is about what not to write if you write news for a living. It's not about annoying expressions that crop up in everyday conversations.
If Katie Couric's saying it, please tell me about it. If it's your annoying brother-in-law, grit your teeth and be thankful half of all marriages end in divorce.
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May 19th, 2008 at 4:48 am
I agree!
And since I’m sure they’re already starting to appear, ban any and all references to “Summertime, and the livin’s easy” and “fun in the sun.”
June 27th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Anything related to people or businesses ‘feeling pain’ is overused in business and marketing contexts. Unless someone has sustained an injury, I don’t want to read that they’re feeling pain.