As part of the writing process, you may find that you include (or rely on) clichés in a draft. Perhaps you use them as placeholders as the language flows through your fingers onto the screen or page.

"I feel cliches are always going to be around, especially in spoken English," says David Beer, who also wrote A Guide to Writing as an Engineer. "Nothing wrong with them as long as everyone gets ...

Have you recently said "the elephant in the room" and "move the needle" unironically at work? Then you need to start purging jargon from your writing and speaking right now. Here's a look at the most ...

Excerpted from “It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches ... matter of fact in law, for example, or exhibit a tendency in scientific writing. Once an expression ...

Occasional exceptions prove the rule: Harry Enfield and Matt Lucas have probably added more phrases to the language than the rest of the comedy writing community put together. Clichés are widely-held ...

Regardless of what came after it, that initial phrase is what Bulwer-Lytton is best remembered for today: An infamous opener that has become shorthand for bad writing. No artist wants to be known ...

If you aren’t confident with your writing, it may feel safe to adopt a phrase that others commonly use—for example, by describing yourself as "results-driven" or claiming that you are ...

When you’re writing in a formal style, particularly, it’s better not to use them. Here are some clichés you should avoid like the plague (cliché!) in formal writing.