Revealing his plans to head off a long-lasting recession, Chancellor Alastair Darling said these were exceptional times that required exceptional measures. Does he know he's quoting a man who tried to blow up Parliament?

"Sao Paulo would surprise those who think Brazilian football is all about attack"

According to an online survey, cliches like "at the end of the day", "24/7" and "literally" are among the most reviled. Here are 20 more that irk Magazine readers.

The phrase "ways and means" has been used in connection with government spending commitments since the 13th century.

The global release of a much-anticipated video game is delayed because of concerns it could offend Muslims.

A London council bans staff from using jargon phrases when speaking to members of the public.

David Cameron is not the first party leader and aspiring prime minister to say he is a "man with a plan".

The phrase Capital Requirements Directive may not be a pretty phrase, but it is all about getting Europe's bankers to put their money where their mouths are.

BBC research has revealed the words, phrases and names mentioned the most in speeches by David Cameron since he became leader of the Conservative Party.

School Reporters making a video report may find these phrases, used by BBC film crews, useful.

Boris Johnson backtracks after criticising politicians who speak of a 'broken society' - one of David Cameron's favourite phrases.

A parrot whose favourite phrases include 'I love you' is reunited with his owner in Lincolnshire.

A glass sculpture featuring the words and phrases of residents is installed in a Northumberland town.

England make a vital late breakthrough as South Africa finish on 38-1 at stumps on day one of the third Test at Edgbaston.

A Conservative peer apologises after using a racist phrase during a House of Lords debate.

Management speak - don't you just hate it? Emphatically yes, judging by readers' responses to writer Lucy Kellaway's campaign against office jargon. Here, we list 50 of the best worst examples.

Blue sky thinking, pushing the envelope - the problem with office-speak is that it cloaks the brutal modern workplace in such brainlessly upbeat language... as Lucy Kellaway dialogues.

Documents containing coded phrases were found in a house connected to Umar Islam, a defendant in the airliner trial, Woolwich Crown Court heard.

An unsettling phrase from the days of recession in the Nineties - "negative equity" - is back in newspaper headlines.

Now the painting of the Forth Bridge is to finish, the simile for a never-ending job has lost its bite. So what other phrases have become out-dated?