Cliches you should avoid like the plague [View All]

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Using a data analysis tool that monitors new books, research papers, broadcast transcripts and news sources, Oxford University came up with a list of the top 10 most irritating phrases. Headed by "At the end of the day" and capped with "It's not rocket science," it's both an eye-rolling exercise in familiarity and a good lesson in phrases to avoid in your own presentations and writing. The readers of the BBC's online magazine, however, add to the list with their own 20 most hated cliches, and while a few are British peculiarities, the majority make for good additions to add to your personal spelling checker or text replacement tool. What meaningless (or management-friendly) words drive you up the wall? Share your distaste in the comments.

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