As writers we are told to avoid clichés, to come up with a new and better way to describe and characterize. Here are some of my pet peeves: • Irregardless. It’s just plain regardless. • We’ll meet at 9 a.m. in the morning. As opposed to 9 a.m. in the evening? • The good doctor. Maybe he’s a bad doctor. • Very unique. Unique is a word unto itself. It doesn’t need any qualifiers. What is fairly unique? What's next: Uniquely unique? • At this point in time. Where else would it be? • At the end of the day. Probably a good phrase the first 5 times it was used, but now…sick of it! • Think outside the box. Again a good one the first 10 times, but… • I personally believe. As opposed to I impersonally believe? • It is what it is. Huh? • To be honest. That makes me think you might NOT be! BBC's Magazine has posted a funny list of its readers' most hated cliché phrases. To be honest and fair, going forward, this is basically something that, at the end of the day , w...