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According to a new survey, there are words that are so overused they have lost meaning in the workplace.
A cliché (UK: / ˈ k l iː ʃ eɪ / or US: / k l iː ˈ ʃ eɪ /; French:) is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, novelty, or figurative or artistic power, even to the point of now being bland or uninteresting. [1]
A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance.
A platitude is a statement that is seen as trite, meaningless, or prosaic, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. [1] The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use as a thought-terminating cliché.
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Due to overuse, editors are asked to avoid adding the following text strings to Wikipedia's database: "more heat than light" "a solution in search of a problem" "witch hunt" "mob" with or without "pitchforks" and/or "torches" "pound of flesh" "[other page] is that way" "beyond the pale" "net positive"/"net negative"
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