# "Did I just say that?" (cliches you have used) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164 "2004-11-22T20:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/21 "2004-11-24T08:52:04Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Well, like, I try to avoid clichces, 'cause, well, they’re annoying like and then you’re like ‘stop doing that’ and I’m like “sorry!” > > I used to talk like that. Still do occasionally. But I’m getting better. I occasionally slip into a slight “Valleyspeak” type cliched language. Especially using phrases such as “like”. Grrrrr. To be fair to myself though, most of the time I’m on guard, if I slip into Valleyspeak around someone, you know I’m pretty relaxed and not governing myself as I usually do. The company I work for has mostly late 30s and early to mid 40s types. Honest to God, the Christmas party sounds like a california surfer party. Doooood!! Then we’re all back to work and businessy the next day “Good morning this is shoes, yes, I’ve checked the analyticals on that site, let me read off the figures and email the preliminary results to you”. Then, I find myself talking to someone I know well, and we’re both going like you know I’m going doood…Then we crack up, “where did THAT come from”? Have we regressed? Other than that, most of my real cliches are from my mom and dad. It’ll be ready in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. (means something will be done fast). Anything worth having is worth working for (my dad’s, mean’s be responsible not a lazy slug, I think :D). Don’t wish your life away (live for today, not for “someday”, my mom’s saying). And tons of other “old world” type adages. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/22 "2004-11-24T09:00:58Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > As a parent, I was horrified to hear myself using “because I said so” with my kids. > > Does that count? Most definitely that counts! And it’s usage is perfectly acceptable. You owe your children no explanation. Why? Because I SAID so! However, be sure to stay away from “Just wait till your father comes home.” It’ll bite you in the ass, for sure! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/23 "2004-11-24T11:33:10Z")
Do meaningless buzzwords like what my boss uses all the time with no clear idea what the fuck she’s talking about count? Sense checking Guestimate Funky Rocky, as in ‘make it look more rocky or funky’ ??? Touching base etc etc. This is why I wear headphones at work. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/24 "2004-11-24T14:10:43Z")
I used ‘at the end of the day’ recently. I’ve always hated that one. Never thought I’d find myself saying it. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/25 "2004-11-24T15:32:05Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole! Or a six-foot Hungarian! ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/26 "2004-11-24T19:07:16Z")
I wrote a letter to the “Chronicle of Higher Education” six years ago griping about being an overworked, underpaid GTA. I used the following trite phrases: “by and large”, “learning, not earning,” and “fool’s errand”. They published it. Not only did they publish it, it’s on their website and comes up every time I do a vanity Google search. It may be the dumbest letter I’ve ever written in both form and content. And now it’s immortal. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/27 "2004-11-24T19:08:18Z")
Hey, that was my thousandth post. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/28 "2004-11-24T19:15:01Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > Hey, that was my thousandth post. “and now it’s immortal.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![professor\_folk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@professor\_folk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/professor_folk)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164/29 "2004-11-24T21:28:51Z")
Is “tired old cliche” one? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-say-that-cliches-you-have-used/276164.md?page=1)