Time Magazine's 2008 winner of the (Dreadfully Overused!) Phrase of the Fall:
SHORE UP
Definition: strengthen, ensure, bolster
Usage: verb (1) “Shore up the economy” (2) “Shore up voters”
Etymology: Latin – shorus meaning “give government” and upus meaning “too much power in.” Also, shorus meaning “persuade using” and upus meaning “dirty campaign ads.”
Honorable mentions:
Financial meltdown
Joe six-pack
That one
Atom smasher
Market free fall
Georgia the country, dumbass
Joe the Plumber
Russia from my backyard
2007 winner:
Wide stance
