We need to think outside the box. You’ve definitely heard these clichés. You might even resort to them yourself when you’re speaking to your coworkers, your boss, your friends, or even audiences for ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better ...

Today you hear a lot of gamers and critics alike complain about certain characters in games being cliché. That clumsy girl who joins your party half way through the game who has a mysterious past, the ...

There is no absolute line that divides the clichés that warrant a slap of the ruler on the desk and phrases that work just fine given the context. But lexicographer Orin Hargraves has written a new ...

Shortcuts are tempting. Therein lies the appeal of the cliché—one familiar phrase can make a general point that might otherwise take paragraphs to explain. And while nuance may be lost, efficiency is ...

There’s a menagerie of old adages that we’ve all grown up hearing throughout our lives. Our parents have cemented them into our heads since childhood, and our friends use them to soothe us when we’re ...