A newscaster favorite:

“Today a child has gone missing,” or “The child went missing nine days ago.” Exactly how does one go missing?

What about “free money“? Has someone ever paid for it?

“It pulls at your heartstrings” – Not only a nauseating sentiment, but I don’t remember learning about those in my anatomy class.

It’s “a crime of passion” when a woman kills a man, but a “brutal murder” when a man kills a woman…

Two for the banished list:

“Genre” and “circa” for over-use in the media.

Some other things that irritate me:

“For free” and “center around” – WRONG! It’s “free” and “center ON”!

Regis Philbin’s famous, “I’m going to read you the question,” instead of “I’m going to read the question TO YOU.”

Thank you,
Jennifer Grieco