New Cliches

[jay_christley]

At the risk of this becoming an espn-bash (because I happen to like my poker on TV and the use of walk-off homer for its descriptive qualities)...

Instant classic.

I've read it in several different stories over the last couple weeks, including once or twice by some talented writers I would have never figured it for.

Anything else popping up in people's copy -- gleaned either from talking heads or pop culture -- that we'd be better off without?

 

[awriter]

It's been around a few years but ... walkoff homer.

 

[Jersey_Shore]

It's been around a few years but ... walkoff homer.

Drives me nuts how much "walkoff" is used these days. Walkoff double, walkoff single, walkoff walk...how about walkoff wild pitch or walkoff fielder's choice.

 

[jay_christley]

Apparently we missed reading the first line of the initial post.

Walk-off, walkoff, etc. have been debated to death here.

I was referring to recent cliches that have popped up in, say, the last six months to a year.

 

[da man]

I've actually heard TV people use the phrase walk-off field goal.

 

[SF_Express]

"It is what it is," is still a fairly new cliche quote, and increasingly maddening.

 

[jgmacg]

Let's not throw "walkoff" under the bus.

 

[tommyp]

Giants-Eagles, earlier this year, I heard the phrase 'walk-off touchdown' by an ESPN talking head.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Doesn't the phrase "new cliche" strongly resemble the phrase "instant classic"?

 

[awriter]

Apparently we missed reading the first line of the initial post.

Walk-off, walkoff, etc. have been debated to death here.

I was referring to recent cliches that have popped up in, say, the last six months to a year.

Instant classic isn't exactly a new phrase.

 

[jay_christley]

Apparently we missed reading the first line of the initial post.

Walk-off, walkoff, etc. have been debated to death here.

I was referring to recent cliches that have popped up in, say, the last six months to a year.

Instant classic isn't exactly a new phrase.

Thanks for your contribution.

 

[txsportsscribe]

Apparently we missed reading the first line of the initial post.

Walk-off, walkoff, etc. have been debated to death here.

I was referring to recent cliches that have popped up in, say, the last six months to a year.

Instant classic isn't exactly a new phrase.

Thanks for your contribution.

well, awriter is right. instant classic is not new.