Favourite (i.e. most hated) cliches!

[MrsThierryHenry]

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

'at the end of the day'
'If you know what I mean'/'do you know what I mean?' Esp when actually you don't give a toss whether they do know what you mean or not.
"to be honest'
'six of one, half a dozen of another'
'swings and roundabouts'

bamboostalks - you stole my one - "basically" really grates on me.

"Don't take this the wrong way.." or "I don;t mean to offend" when they are just about to tell you that you are a fat biffer with the fashion sense of Ken Russell

I hate the term "curveball" as well. I prefer the more descriptive "fuck up"

'if you get my drift' - an alternative to one I listed above

" I mean to say...."

"I'm not being funny but..."

not really cliches..but deeply repetitive and annoying.

I HATE it on the news when they say something is going to "spiral out of control". Grrrr can't you think of another phrase - just the once!?

Also steam comes out of me ears at dinner tables when someone says they are going to "do the honours" by serving up some food, or even worse, "Shall I be mum?" aaaararrrgggHHHH!

Oh I have another one!

'See ya later Aligator' - hate that one. Especially if it is met with 'after while crocodile'

"I'm not being funny, but..."

My boss says this 18276183746283746283 times an hour. In the event of my resignation, this will be main reason cited on my "stick your poxy job up your jacksie" letter

Snowlepard - DH says that 'shall I be mother titter titter titter' Like its never been said by him and is immensely funny!

what's the matter with you people?

"rod for you own back" surely has to be the winner

at the end of the day
to be honest
somebody's shot themselves in the foot(and completely misunderstanding the saying)

"Between you me and the gate post."
"What will be will be"

"no offence but..." followed by a comment that causes extreme offence.

"I'm liking/loving something or other"

Okey-doke.

Any tabloid terminology 'Stunna' 'Scorcher' 'Tot' or when they get all over-British usually with reference to football.

Tsar-chasm -okey dokey pig in a pokey! Thats even more annoying to me now!

Actually I had to wean myself off 'okey-doke' It comes to something when you start to p* yourself off

"If everyone comes to the party" (agrees, in business speak)

"As long as everyone's banging the drums" (same translation as above)

My manager is HOOKED on these and other similar stupid sayings. Why not just say, "if everyone agrees?"

Oh and I don't know why but in magazines when they say something "screams" style, or glamour, or whatever. It irrationally irritates me and makes my toes curl and my teeth clench, literally, because it's so damn twee (and lazy, and overused...) Likewise it's sister, "whispers". Eek eek eek I hate it.

More magazine speak - 'we're loving ... neon eye shadows' or whatever.

'In actual fact.'

I also hate 'when the shit hits the fan'.

Chop chop...

'Coming to terms with...'

'What's hot and what's not'.

'Meeting with the Prime minister'. (No need for 'with')

'Floral tributes'. (Flowers then.)

'Fresh' as in 'fresh talks'. Yuk!

'A whole raft of measures.'

'24/7.'

Ooooh this thread is making me angry. Still, good to get it all out. I didn't realise the building fury I'd accumulated.

'I ain't being funny or nothing but ...'

'For my sins'.

Shut up you arse.

'fresh' when used to describe anything other than food or drink

Watch out for 'the doctor's face was grim,' a cliche often inserted automatically into any feature in Take a Break, Chat, etc, incorporating a nasty medical diagnosis...

Grazia has some particularly ghastly fash-mag cliche speak. 'fashion-forward' (as in so trendy it's not fashionable yet so just looks silly); 'rocking' (as in 'wearing'); 'on-trend'; (means fashionable this week but not next week) etc etc

"Wow factor"
putting X,Y & Z "into the mix"
"Ipso facto"

"back in the day" - which day? When?

"That is a loose cannon!"

"Delish"

"Ramping up"

And "way, shape or form" makes me shudder.