Not long ago, my wife and I test-drove a Kia Soul (she bought a Toyota Rav4), but what struck us was the color of the Kia, a shade of green we had never seen on a car before. “It’s called Alien Green, ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better ...

I currently find myself surprisingly drawn to the comfort afforded by well-worn clichés: I must take things a day at a time. Tomorrow is another day. The grass is always greener. Time flies. There are ...

When my daughter was learning to read and write, we used to have fun Googling the origin and exact definition of overused phrases and clichés, such as “raining cats and dogs,” “tip of the iceberg,” ...

When you tell your colleagues that you need to “circle back” on a “win-win” solution so that you can give the project “110%,” recognize that your coworkers’ eyes have already glazed over and they have ...

FORT LEWIS, Wash. (Army News Service, June 9, 2009) Aca,!" "What a senseless way to die." It was the unspoken sentiment most of us in the battalion shared during the memorial ceremony in Evergreen ...