Cease and Desist

With less than 48 hours until 2012 arrives, here is a request.  Not having to hear these hackneyed expressions will produce much jubilation for this Queen. 

Just sayin’ – really?

LOL – Instead of texting or saying it, do it as boisterously and as frequently as possible.

Epic fail – A failure is a failure no matter how large, and in the truer sense, epic should not modify fail.  Check the meaning.

Viral – please! 

It is what it is – is not that apparent?

Sleep in – in what?  A tent?  Simply saying one is sleeping late will suffice and is correct.

Dead Presidents – a misnomer actually since not all gentleman featured on U.S. currency were presidents!

When it rains, it pours – not always.  (My students should recognize this one and be able to explain it!)

My Homage to Teddy G.

This blog post is dedicated to my students who were quite convinced that I was “going to go all Dr. Seuss” on them during class the other day.  Thanks for giving me the inspiration to create this one.

The world of writing is full of one too many a cliché.

I do not know how it became this way. 

If you cannot think of anything new and fresh to say,

Perhaps you should start over and throw your first idea away.

I made part of that rhyme in class, but I did not know it.

My students told me I should try to become a poet.

Not really…but I found it difficult not to show it.

I hope that I did not blow it.

As I always will say, keep your writing from sounding trite.

If you do not, your readers will be left with such a fright. 

Since you should strive to convey writing that is forthright,

Take a shot and give your readers a true delight.