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>>>>American sports announcers abuse the heck out of the word "situation." For instance, "That brings up a third down situation." Do you mean, "It's third down?"?!?!?!
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>>>How about: "at the last minute the cornerback came in and broke up the play". Wow, that pass must have been really moving slow...
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>>Well that's nothing on the ubiquity of "at the end of the day":
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>>"They both went for the ball but, at the end of the day, the faster man won"
>>"You can save for years but, at the end of the day, the wise investor comes off best"
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>>How do you spell the onomatopea (sp?) of spitting at the expression's feet?
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>Probably spell it just the way it sounds <s>

Veeery gooood! :-)

But do you mean the Hhhhhhcccchphtah! or onimatopiea?