Ravings of a Textual Deviant

A few weeks ago, I read somewhere or other that the most overused cliche of the year is “at the end of the day.” (I work with someone who uses this one all the time; it’s certain her most overused cliche.) So it occurred to me that what we need is a comprehensive program of cliche replacement. For example:

Old cliche: Like watching paint dry
New cliche: Like watching your hard drive defrag

Old cliche: Too many cooks spoil the soup
New cliche: Too many drama queens spoil the drag show

Unfortunately, I have yet to come up with a good replacement for “at the end of the day,” so I urge everyone out there to join in my effort to get some new tired old phrases into circulation.

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