{"id":2533,"date":"2007-12-27T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T13:12:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-05-17T07:40:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T01:40:18","slug":"dictionary-of-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/dictionary-of-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Dictionary of Clich\u00c3\u00a9s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I make my living with words, more or less, but from time to time, I mix metaphors, indulge in incorrect idioms, and certainly fall back on tired phrases, believe it or not. This book of short explanations of thousands of clich\u00e9s  is a handy, quick reference any crossword puzzler, Scrabblehead, blogger, editor, or copywriter will enjoy. It&#8217;s like the Cliff Notes of what&#8217;s buried deep in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/compact-oxford\/\">OED<\/a>. I&#8217;ve always been into etymology &#8212; after all, it&#8217;s history for word nerds &#8212; so the best aspect of this text, to me, is getting at which clich\u00e9s  are Shakespearean, Biblical, Great Depression-era, etc. We&#8217;re often taught in English classes to avoid clich\u00e9s  and hackneyed phrases like the plague. Thumbing through this book, you realize they&#8217;re so ingrained in our everyday discourse that it&#8217;s easy to forget some are even clich\u00e9s  (i.e. &#8220;no problem&#8221;).  When push comes to shove, no matter how you slice it, I&#8217;d wager you&#8217;d be hard pressed to write or say anything of length that doesn&#8217;t have at least one. Surely identifying them would be a good way to temper usage. Live and learn!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"universal_history.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/universal_history.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/.php\">The Universal History of Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"dictionary_symbols.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/dictionary_symbols.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/.php\">Dictionary of Symbols<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"crossword_puzzle.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/crossword_puzzle.jpg\" width=\"51\" height=\"74\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/.php\">How to Conquer the New York Times Crossword Puzzle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guide to classic, common phrases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}