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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Top 40 Clichés used by Indian journalists

1. HIGH VOLTAGE DRAMA / HIGH DRAMA ("There was high-drama in the Bigg Boss house today as Dolly Bindra slapped two men in their sleep")

2. GOT A CLEAN CHIT ("Mr Chidambaram was shocked when he got a clean chit he wasn't expecting in the 2G note episode")

3. IN THE WEE HOURS ("The couple returned in the wee hours to find their house ransacked")

4. SHOW OF SUPPORT ("Mulayam's unexpected presence is being seen as a show of support")

5. LIFE CAME TO A STANDSTILL / SCREECHING HALT ("Rains have brought life to a standstill / screeching halt in Mumbai")

6. "PELTING" STONES ("Heavy stone-pelting in the Pahalgam area has forced Omar Abdullah to stop tweeting and start governing")

7. SEETHES IN ANGER ("The judge seethed in anger as the 2G Scam accused sat his wife on his lap during closing arguments")

8. FATE IS SEALED ("While Kiran Bedi's fate is sealed, Afzal Guru's is not")

9. THE REAL QUESTION IS... ("The real question is, what the hell does Mr Agnivesh think he is talking about?")

10. THE QUESTION NOW REMAINS...

11. KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED

12. WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH

13. FALLEN ON DEAF EARS

14. TURN A BLIND EYE

15. REMAINS TO BE SEEN

16. TIME WILL TELL

17. RAP ON KNUCKLES

18. PROVE TO BE A DAMPENER

19. PLAYED SPOILSPORT

20. SILVER LINING

21. IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL

22. RED LETTER DAY

23. CLEARLY

24. NOTWITHSTANDING

25. CAME AS NO SURPRISE

26. HOUSEHOLD NAME

27. MUTE SPECTATOR

28. BREAK THE IMPASSE

29. BOLT FROM THE BLUE

30. FEVER PITCH

31. EVERYONE WHO'S ANYONE

32. IMBROGLIO

33. HIGHLY-PLACED SOURCES

34. CAST A SHADOW ON TALKS

35. GROUND REALITIES

36. PALL OF GLOOM

37. TOKEN EXERCISE

38. "TERROR RETURNED TO HAUNT..."

39. QUESTION MARK OVER TALKS

40. POPULAR HAUNT

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EXTENDED LIST BY CONTRIBUTORS

41. RETURNED TO NORMALCY

42. SLAMMED

7 comments:

Unknown said...

You forgot the most important one for the country!

"Returns to normalcy"

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Unknown said...

Two most commonplace ones: reportedly & allegedly

Vishay said...

Ha Ha :-) nice

Vishay said...

"we the people"
(But the real question is can we the people survive this mindless 24x7 rigged tv debates by wig toting celebrity journos)
Goodnight :-)

Vijaya said...

and sorry to cut you off midway sir...but there is some BREAKING NEWS.....breaking for the FIRST TIME on Times Now...there is some EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE ONLY on Times Now...

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