New Cliches

I've seen it as a hammerhed. Never in the body of a story.

"Under the bus" is the most insipid of the new cliches.

 

I use "it is what it is" all of the time on a radio segment I do, just because it bothers the host.

Seriously, if I see "walkoff" anything or "instant classic" in any stories, it comes out. Same with "web gems."

 

Along with "under the bus", "drinking the ________ Kool-Aid" ... nothing like a mass suicide reference.

 

Moving forward. ... as in "what will this team do, moving forward."

 

This is a butcher of an older cliche, but I've seen writers in the past few months write that a team or player will try to get "untracked" in the next week, game, etc. Am I out of the loop, or isn't it still "on track" and a poor cliche to begin with?

 

A stringer at my old paper insisted it was untracked, much to my bewilderment. And I see it written as such in other articles, from time to time. If a train gets untracked, that's a fucking bad thing.

 

"I think I threw up in my mouth a little."

Thanks, Bill.

 

Instant classic? Haven't used that one before, but thanks for the idea.

Just for fun, my coworker and I like to see how many Jim Ross-isms we can sneak in, such as "slobberknocker," "whipped like a government mule," and my all-time favorite "tougher than a $2 steak."

 

Listen to Mike and Mike in the Morning for 20 minutes, pick out half of what they say and post it on here.

 

lol...good 1, btw.