English-language cliches and such.

[Joe]

http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/cliches.html

[tinwhistler]

Post by Joe
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/cliches.html

Three entries on the list seem, to me, to have a little political
spin:

war on terror = [nonsense expression i.e. euphemism since war =
terror]
war broke out = [as if it was contained]
9/11 heroes = [hyperbole] 9/11 victims
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Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

[Adrian Bailey]

Post by tinwhistler

Post by Joe
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/cliches.html

Three entries on the list seem, to me, to have a little political
war on terror = [nonsense expression i.e. euphemism since war =
terror]

Since the expression is the product of political spin, your criticism is
invalid.

Post by tinwhistler
9/11 heroes = [hyperbole] 9/11 victims

Is Joe just plain wrong here? I've always assumed that "9/11 heroes"
referred to firefighters and others who risked their lives to save others'.
Or are there people who refer to the victims as heroes?

Adrian