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!)

Detour

The Tuesday Haiku is taking a detour this week to make way for this lovely limerick to adorn the page.  Let me preface this post by saying that it is fictional (hmm...), and the rhyme scheme is indeed correct.  There are two pronunciations for the final word.  In this case, place the stress on the second syllable.  Shame on you for thinking I'd use lexemes incorrectly.

There is a young woman named Lola.
Who often imbibes rum and cola.
She started her blog
After she was deep-sixed by a frog.
Now she writes while traveling by gondola.