Cliches you'd stab someone for using.

[Pat Mustard]

Work life balance.

We hates those wordssss, yes we do, precious. And the worst is the phrase doesn't fucking make sense, work is part of your life not something separate from it.

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When young people decided to replace "You're welcome" with "No problem," I realized I had become uncomfortably curmudgeonly.   I wanted to reply, "I don't care if it was a problem or not.  No, I hope it was.  I said 'thank you' dammit!"

I tried to fix the problem by never thanking a young person.  I couldn't do it.  It would just come out, and then I would cringe and brace for the improper, lazy response.  So I tried to desensitize myself by using their "no problem."  I couldn't be sincere.  I would say it in a stoner voice, like Tommy Chong.  That felt impolite, and I wanted to stab myself.

I had to adapt.  It's cool.  Everything's awesome.  No problem, man.

Say it in the original Irish "Ná bac"