Anyone who says “the wave of the future” is clearly “mired
in the past,” says retired English professor Helen H. Gordon, who
defines a composition teacher as one who, for the love of good writing,
reads more bad writing than she’d ever have to read in any other occupation.
The Professor submits these choice annoyances:

“the bottom line”

“blow-by-blow description”

“last but not least”

“unsung hero”

“couldn’t care less” (or erroneously, “could care
less”)

“man’s best friend”

“sacred cow”

“whose ox is being gored”

“man (or woman) who needs no introduction”