Early retirement for media phrases?

[mickeyd]

"For those lucky enough to have saved..." usually gets me. Luck has very little to do with it Ted Baxter (or whatever your name is). Its' all about the LBYM.

 

[steelyman]

"...and by the way, ..."

I just watched Meet The Press. The use of this one is climbing up there with "that said, ..."

 

[ls99]

Optics. Badly mis and overused. Usually have nothing to do with light or enlightenment.

 

[imoldernu]

My peronal preference...
The talking heads moderator....
"We've got to go to a break... so, to John" ...." in fifteen seconds, what is your take on the '____________' situation?"

and...

"We'll save that til the next time."

 

[Meadbh]

"We'll have more on that story after the break"

.......and then it's some minor detail not worth waiting for. This is why I have completely given up on watching TV news.

 

[Amethyst]

"Go-to." I encounter this more in magazines than on TV. It seems every page of any women's mag has a reference to "your go-to color," "go-to blouse," "go-to lipstick," "go-to exercise," "go-to recipe," and so forth. (What happened to "favorite"?) Worse than a cliche, it's baby talk. Baby talk, from anybody except a baby, sets my teeth on edge.

Amethyst

 

[GandK]

Apart from the ubiquitous filler noise "like," the phrase that makes me want to take a knife to my ears lately is, "The thing is, is..."

Lake Superior State University publishes a "banished words" list every year. Many of the suggestions in this thread are already on it.

Lake Superior State University :: Banished Words List :: The List

 

[Pleeplus]

The use of "earregardless" instead of regardless.


The press anointing everyone as a "hero".

 

[Sittingduck]

Active shooter. Shooter isn't enough? Even saw one reporter describe the police sending in their own active shooters to confront the active shooter.

 

[Onward]

"The reason ... is because ...."

"The reason being is ...."

 

[steelyman]

"pivot"

 

[Scubamax]

"Channel 5 is on your side"

"News you can trust"


I always knew Channel 9 was against me personally as well as human civilization!

 

[steelyman]

This isn't a media phrase, bur "meh!" and the like signal me "ignore this person".

 

[steelyman]

"I suspect..." and "certainly" seem a little pompous.

 

[robnplunder]

"Hashtag"

50's new 40. 60's new 50. 70's new 60.

 

[RockyMtn]

I cannot stand the "join the conversation" line they use.

 

[steelyman]

The CNBC Barbies have locked on "stick around". I'll click around.

 

[Lcountz]

"BREAKING NEWS"......then ....nothing.

 

[robnplunder]

"BREAKING NEWS"......then ....nothing.

How about "media alert" and it turns out to be a ho hum news if at all?