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What's The Most Irritating Management-Speak Phrase?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Jargon, Office Cliches, UK News, Pics & Giggles, Office Jargon, UK Business, News, Management Speak, Cliches, Thinking Outside the Box, UK News

Office workers are fighting back against the scourge of "management-speak", dubbing the very phrases intended to lubricate colleague relations a "poin...

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WATCH: 'There Are Two Kinds Of People In This World...'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Supercuts, Video, Supercut, James Chapman, Hollywood Cliches, Movie Cliches, Film Cliches, UK Viral Videos, Two Kinds of People, Two Kinds of People Supercut, Comedy Clips, There Are Two Kinds of People Supercut, Movies, Movie Supercut, Cliches, UK Comedy News

As the film-lovers among you are doubtless already aware, there are two kinds of people in this world. However, there appears to be some disagreem...

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WATCH: Every Time Anyone In Film Has Said, 'You Just Don't Get It, Do You?'

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Supercuts, You Just Don't Get It Do You Supercut, You Just Don't Get It Do You, Supercut, Screenwriting Cliche, UK Viral Videos, Cliches, Screenwriting, Cliche, Video, UK Comedy News

'Bottoms Up Productions' are the guys behind such jaw-dropping pop culture supercuts as 'Glove, Actually' (a montage of slaps in the movies), 'Glove, ...

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Relationship Clichés Translated

Lizzie Cernik | Posted 02.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Adele, Relationships, White Lies, Cliches, Dating, Lying, Divorce, Partners, Boyfriend, Translations, Girlfriend, UK Lifestyle News
Lizzie Cernik

No matter how gargantuan a woman's backside becomes, when she asks for an opinion on its size, you always tell her it's small. If it's abundantly clear her body mass index is teetering towards the 'morbidly obese/death by coronary' line, you might throw in adjectives like 'curvy' or 'cuddly'.

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Riveting, Triumphant Video Lampoons Book Review Cliches

Posted 21.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Book Reviews, Video, Ron Charles, Books, Cliches, Home News

There’s an old adage that says: ‘those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach’. Well, in the world of literary criticism, it can some time see...

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10 Comedy Tropes To Be Outlawed in 2012

Dale Shaw | Posted 03.03.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Television, Media Tropes, Cliches, Sitcom, Comedy, Michael Mcintyre, Comedy Writing, UK Comedy, UK Comedy News
Dale Shaw

Comedy is all about recognition. Michael McIntyre points out one of life's foibles. You recognise said foible, then chuckle lightly and die a little on the inside. But there is a thin, unfunny line between highlighting some hilarious, unearthed observation and lazily trotting out a creaky comedy cliché that was hackneyed when first used on Round the Horne.

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Rules are rules are rules

Alex Hawley | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
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Alex Hawley

The 13th world athletics championships have recently finished. As anyone who was watching August now knows the biggest talking point was the run that never happened.

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Glee Guilty Of 'Dangerous Stereotyping'? Don't Make Me Laugh!

Ashley Fryer | Posted 02.09.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Lgbt, Homosexuality, Gay Stereotypes, LGBT Issues, Stereotypes, Kurt Humel, Sexuality, Cliches, Glee, Uktv, UK Entertainment News
Ashley Fryer

Glee has gone all out to ensure that as many minorities as possible are represented. I admit that it is not a perfect show, but it is doing a lot for young people. It is incredibly popular, and if that popularity can be harnessed into doing some good for the LGBT community, I am all for it.

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