THings to say to avoid things to quit saying.

[johnny k]

Awesome possum instead of awesome.

Terrorified instead of horrified and terrorised.

I love those combinations of 2 words.

 

[elihu]

Chillax

 

[uriah1]

Interesting - captivating, engrossing, stimulating

Break out the thesaurus

At the end of the day - In the final analysis, Ultimately

 

[P Thought]

Get your poop in a group

 

[soundchaser59]

supercaladiabeticketoacidosis (from Mary Poppins?)

Frankly I'm surely more frank than sure.

 

[THX1123]

"It is what it isn't."

"Person" or "Particular Individual" instead of any other pronoun. This annoys certain people obsessed with that sort of thing, but they cannot find legitimate reasons to be annoyed.

 

[Bulldoggio]

My 7 year old Grandson came up with one of my faves- "Hanitizer"

 

[Nubs]

If there is work to do, say to yourself "I want to get this done today" instead of "I have to get this done today". I found this amazingly helpful in managing stress as it makes you have control over the work instead of the other way around.

 

[Kandinskyesque]

I've replaced "good and bad" with "helpful and unhelpful" in certain areas of my life.

 

[Controller]

"Ciao!" instead of "see you later alligator!"

 

[old soul]

See ya later, agitator!

 

[johnny k]

Armoire and persil ! instead of au revoir et merci. From my dad.

 

[Blue Bill]

Right on, popcorn!