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 ...

The cliché is a time-honored tradition in sports, ranking right up there with the hot dog, the t-shirt gun and the fat drunk fan not wearing a shirt in the dead of winter. Its origins date all the way ...

I ’ve always been fond of the ordinary, homespun cliché. But I chafe at its more rarefied cousins, the catchphrases of critical theory as they mellow into middle age: “the male gaze,” “Orientalism,” ...

Earlier this week, Page 2 listed its choices for the 10 sports clichés that simply must go. We knew our readers would be able to come up with other annoying axioms, so we opened it up for discussion ...

As we have seen, COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll, and many are not able to say goodbye to their loved ones. It leaves some of us unsure we can find the right words for those who are grieving.

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 ...

Tired of cliches, trite expressions and hackneyed phrases? Perhaps knowing the fascinating origins of “cliche,” “trite” and “hackneyed” will make the worn-out language they denote more bearable. Or ...

Every “That’s what she said” followed by innuendos is a cliché still loved by many. You can be mad, annoyed and irked but there’s no denying that these clichés make life a little fun and but they ...