Current Events: Cliches

Here I will get on my high horse again.

A list of words being used too often, and thereby lose their true meaning.
In my opinion, these fit the definition of CLICHE. These words are currently being used in the media and opinion places online frequently and, in my opinion, incorrectly. English language students, take note.

• Green
• Leftist
• Right wing
• progressive
• balanced (A FoxNews marketing buzzword)
• Conservative
• Christian (hope that doesn’t offend true believers)
• Terrorist
• liberalism
• socialism
• freedom
• Republican
• Democrat

This is an interesting web based application that analyzes text to discern political bias. I have only tested this post so far, but I will venture to guess that it is more sophisticated than most media pundits. It rates this post as neutral, by the way. I must be in the center, hmmm.

Food for thought and debate, if such a thing is still possible.