Ever seen a Behind the Music or pretty much any celebrity biography on E! that didn't use the phrase "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times." It sickens me.
I am also bothered to the point of argh-ness by people who regurgitate that line any time the name Charles Dickens is mentioned. If I ever get to the point where I need that in my life I'll get myself a parrot. NEWSFLASH! - It doesn't impress anyone except for the crowd that ooh and aah when you say "to be or not to be" when the subject of Shakespeare comes up.Don't get me wrong, I like A Tale of Two Cities and Hamlet plenty. It does seem that those two phrases, much like corporate buzzwords, have become the battle cry for people who want to sound smart but really aren't... at least for the few that aren't already blogging like me.
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I am also bothered by people who require you to say "eye" as opposed to "optical" because its a big word they don't understand.* * *
What is it with two-foot tall kids calling me short?* * *
Can we stop using the word random? It's overused and I'm done with it.
1 comment:
yo bro says -
My bet is that people that overuse these lines haven't even read the book or seen the play and often couldn't even name them as the source of their cliche.
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