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).
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:
