Bad Cliches You Wish Were Banned From Use (PHOTOS)

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We've all heard them a million times, and there are some we are pretty sick of already. This week, we decided to ask our readers what annoyingly bad cliché they'd like to see banned from use, and we received some particularly interesting results!

Did we miss one that you'd like to see banned? Let us know in the comments!

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Decipherer said on 18 Monday 2011 pm31 12:21 pm: "Life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

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I use this all the time! Ugh, BAN IT!

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[Nelson Montana]

01:36 PM on 08/01/2011

How about making a comment and then adding NOT at the end? That was cute for 5 minutes in 1989.

[Nelson Montana]

09:54 AM on 08/01/2011

"It's in the past." Dumbest expression ever. EVERYTHING is!

[Simon Woodward]

05:35 PM on 07/27/2011

Holla!

[Bandit29]

10:27 AM on 07/27/2011

Let us not forget that feel-good word..."closure". I detest hearing that.

[joerow98362]

11:17 PM on 07/23/2011

I guess my hermit status is still valid. WHAT THE HELL DOES "LOL" MEAN?

[deepintheheartoftejas]

08:21 AM on 07/25/2011

It's similar to LMAO but less intensive. HTH TYVM.

[sj10689]

02:09 PM on 07/23/2011

I actually find "To throw someone under a bus" humorous, given it's not overused as a trite phrase, and is used only for the context of the situation instead of the context of style. I found "That's how I roll" pretty corny, though there may be a few cases where there are exceptions to that.

Are a few phrases that have gotten old for me:

"You have your peaks and you have your valleys"
"Call now!" (TV)
"Yo, yo" (When used in every other sentence)
"Gee willikers?" (Already out of style, though it may be funny if used mockingly)
"You can say that again" (maybe)
(any canned line used as filler for a bad movie, especially remakes of cartoons)
(Most pickup lines or ice breakers)

I guess I'm lucky enough to not have to experience these too often.

[sydneymoon]

12:59 PM on 07/23/2011

True dat.

It sounds illiterate.

[Jeanette Massaro]

12:00 PM on 07/23/2011

We for got: Word & Dude - If my son calls me Dude one more time :0

[sydneymoon]

12:51 PM on 07/23/2011

lol...
Oops, there I go.

[Jeanette Massaro]

11:54 AM on 07/23/2011

"going forward" - ugh every yuppie wannabe has to include this in their vocab. What do they think it makes them sound smart?

[Riven]

04:33 AM on 07/23/2011

Ya know what I'm sayin'?
At this point in time . . .
The reason is because . . .
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
It is currently right now . . .
Where is Edwin Newman when we need him?

[Brittany Lock]

01:41 PM on 07/22/2011

"No offense, but...."

I hate that so much! You know that the next thing that's said is going to be offensive.

[Debbie Forthun Kitchen]

01:07 PM on 07/22/2011

Wow!This.whole.section.is.full.of.what.is.wrong.with.America.Journalist.and.photojournalist.thinking.the.rest.of.America.is.jaded.and.negative.like.THEM.HERE.is.one.for.you.....live.and.let.live.Stay.home.and.none.of.these.people.can.bother.you.ja

[rabbitfurcoat]

11:29 AM on 07/22/2011

I personally hate that the word 'Literally' is used five times in a sentence nowadays.
'I was literally doing my nails and then my phone rang and I literally couldn't answer it 'cause my nails were literally wet' ... That's how my sister speaks. It makes me literally want to slap her.

[sydneymoon]

12:52 PM on 07/23/2011

This is funny.

[Neets101]

07:14 AM on 07/30/2011

Yes, I laughed out loud.

/that took too much time to type - tttmttt....

[zenju2]

10:01 AM on 07/22/2011

It's sad when you can predict, with high accuracy, what limited vocabulary and phrases will emerge from someone's mouth, pen or keyboard. Personally, my estimation of someone's intelligence drops when I read "LOL." And when it comes to the bizarre things some people say when they hear that one of your friends or family has died...sheesh.

[rabbitfurcoat]

11:24 AM on 07/22/2011

Reading LOL is very different than someone saying it. There are actually people that talk in text speak these days and it scares me. Instead of laughing they say LOL !!! It makes me cringe.

[Neets101]

07:18 AM on 07/30/2011

ROFLMAO is kind of fun to pronounce phonetically....

[ProCynic]

07:05 AM on 07/22/2011

Everyone once in a while you'd hear someone say, "I got to take a dump", but aside from 13 year old boys, you rarely heard anyone speak of bathroom habits. Now, you can't watch a night of TV without hearing the words "poo" and "poop" and I hear it in the office and in public now.