Words Out of Order

Scott McLemee highlights a half dozen catchphrases that have significantly overstayed their welcome.
Occasionally an expression will enter heavy use -- or misuse, as the case may be -- and then just sit there in public discourse like the last stupefied and uninvited guest at a party: impervious to hints and deaf to grumbling, repeating itself endlessly, laughing at its own wit and making a bit less sense each time. More...