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CLICHE CHALLENGE
The Progressive Review

How various clichés of our times are faring based on the number of references on Google over a one month period.

NOTE: A number of readers didn't like us mixing single words with phrases so we will be converting to two lists. Please also note that we have to leave some words out because their cliched and other uses are too hard to separate. An example is "whatever."

ADDITIONS

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 TOP SINGLE WORDS

Twitter 905 million
Change 440 million
Blog 281 million
Inappropriate 230 millionto top list
Google 194 million
Infrastructure 178 million
Shit 160 million
Guru 150 million to top list
Absolutely 149 million
Meme 117 million to top list
Hope 82 million
Sustainable
Embed, embedded 49 million
Tweet 45 million
Amazing 42 million
Marketplace 41 million
Robust 39 million
Prior to 33 million
Awesome 31 million
Closure 28 million to top list
9/11 26 million

1-25 MILLION
Supportive 24 million
Transparency 23 million
Blogosphere 23 million
Tweak(ed)(s)
Concerns 21 million
Bling 20 million
Chatter 15 million
Enhanced: 19 million
Empire, imperialism or imperial 17 million
Context 17 million
Unacceptable 15 million
24/7 13 million
Fuck, fucked, fucking 11 million
Stimulus 8 million
Teamwork, team building, or team player 7.1 million
Robust 5.8 million
Transformation 5.8 million
Benchmark(s) 5.1 million
Collaborative 4.4 million
Entrepreneur 4.1 million
Metrics 3.8 million
Leverage 3.3 million
Outliers 3.3 million
Free market(s) 3.2 million
Rant 3.1 million
Synergy 2.9 millin
Credibility 2,8 million
Unprecedented 2.7 million
Impacted 2.5 million
Get down 2.5 million
Opine(d) 2.2. million
Mastermind
Credible
Partnering
Mandate
Proactive

LESS THAN 1 MILLION
Earmark[s]
Wingnuts

 TOP PHRASES

I/we/you have a sitution 148 million
As a matter of fact 125 million
Next generation 123 million
No problem 114 million
Next generation 96 million
Resolve the issue 40 million
State of the art
to top list
Best practices 32 million
Day one 28 million
to top list
Bottom line 24 million
Real time 21 million
Homeland security 21 million
Top notch 18.8 million
In terms of 17 million
Day One 9 million
to top list
Move on 7.1 million
In accordance with 7 million

OVER 1 MILLION

Go for it 7,8 million
Empower(ing)(s)(ed) 7.6 million
Strategic plan (s) (ning) 7 million
Any inconvenience 6.7 million
Free world 5 million
Mission Statement 4.9 milllion
Main Street 4.5 million
I personally. . . 4 million
Business model, models 3.9 million
No choices - 3.2 million
At the end of the day 2.6 million
Nuance(d) 2.4 million
No child left behind (NCLB) 2.3 million
Get down 2.2 million
Erectile dysfunction 2.1
On a daily basis 2.1 million
That being said 2 million
Unparalleled
Downsize (d) (ing) 1.9 million
Yes, we can 1.8 million
The fact is 1.7 million
Hate crimes 1.3 million
In the wake of 1.1 million
Safe and effective 1.1 million
Douche bag 1.2 million
Is what it is 1 million

LESS THAN 1 MILLION
Out of the box
Strategic planning [plan]
Moving/going forward
School community
Hegemony, hegemonic
Flash mob
Up
Vetted
Up

LESS THAN 500,000

Vision statement
Sooner rather than later
Welcome your feedback
Group think or groupthink
Those were the days
Defining moment
Tree lined street(s)
Zero sum
Sooner rather than later
Policies and procedures
Partner with us
Law and order

LESS THAN 250,O00

Go to guy
Street cred
Down
Resilience [cy] of the human spirit
Bring to the table
Strategic partner(ship)
Get over it
Plan B [not contraception, contraceptive]
Wake up call
Back in the day
Perfect world
Faith based
Around the clock
Up to speed
Finalize
Point in time
Stay the course
Be confident
Core values
Reality check
Way forward
Between the lines
Conspiracy theory, theories
Narrative (with 'campaign')
Black Friday
Win win
Big time
Road map
Surge (with Iraq)
American dream
Skill set(s)
Much, much more
Schadenfreude
Misspeak or misspoke
All new
World class
Cutting edge
Check it out
Support services
Sustainable development
Mission statement
No problem
On the ground
Period of time
Civil society
Change agent or Agent of change
Reinvented
Outside the box
Politically correct
Perfect storm
Energize
Famously
Having said that
New world order
Tipping point
Quagmire
Oil rich
Exit strategy
Experts agree [or disagree]
Gravitas
In desperate need
Like, you know
In harm's way
National debate or discusssion
Mean streets
Visioning
Sweeping changes
Gadfly -
Companion animal
Creative class
Manage up
Monitoring the situation
Money shot
End of the world as we know it
Kerfuffle

LESS THAN 100,000

Dancing in the streets Down
Due dilligence
Down
Senior administration official
Down
Recent studies have shown
Down
Price point
Hard look
Game changer, game changing
Send[s] -Sending a message
You're fired
Electable, electability
Culture war or culture wars
Let's roll
Prioritize
Failure to comply
Edgy
On the same page
Post 9/11
It's not rocket science
With all due respect
Word on the street
Mixed bag
Vortex
Tipping point
Opine
Granularity [ies]
Exit strategy
Paradigm shift
Humanitarian crisis
Peak oil
Show stopper
Gone missing
Step up to the plate
Time is running out
On the same page
Smart growth
Regime change
Comprehensive approach
Level playing field
Final analysis
Make no mistake
War torn
On message
Now more than ever
No option
Confidence building
Window of opportunity
Sea change
Sense of urgency
Queer eye
Substantial changes
Collateral damage
The rest is history
Metrosexual(s)
Gaydar (s)
Be afraid, be very afraid
Hasta la vista, baby
Draw your own conclusion
Tantamount to
Silver bullet
Went or gone missing
With open arms
Fair and balanced
Convicted felon
We're number one
There is no alternative
Continue the conversation
Deeply felt
Resident expert
Mistakes were made
Dominant culture
Big pimpin'
It should be obvious
Shot(s) across the bow
Failure of intelligence
Put it behind us
Steadfast determination
Bring 'em on
Roil
Liberal media
Hard earned money
Mixed message(s)
Begs the question
Dogging
Blank check
Shock and awe
Revisionist history, historian (s)
Cultural creative (s)
One thing is certain
Jaw dropping
Stated goals
Any way shape or form
Take full responsibility
No doubt in my mind
What's that all about
Historic opportunity
Obesity crisis
Change the tone
Butcher of Baghdad
Ownership society
Bowling alone
Cut and run
Smoking gun

LESS THAN 10,000

At this moment in time|
Civil discourse
Unexpected consequences
Loner & murder
Largely unnoticed
Happy accident
Bring(ing) closure
New normal
Shed pounds
Facilitate (ing) communications
Teachable moment
Palpable excitement

NO LONGER A CLICHE

Bush hating (hater)
Clinton hating (hater)

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TWENTY GREAT POLITICAL CLICHES