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National Cliche Day is Nov. 3. So what makes a cliche a cliche? And why do we find ourselves rolling our eyes when we hear certain ones?
Organisational twaddle is everywhere. It’s time to climb the ‘strategic staircase’ and incentivise our corporate leaders to abandon it.
When they start life, clichés are fetching and memorable phrases. But overuse has sucked them of vitality – and now they walk among the living dead.
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Kate Burridge is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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