Overused cliches, wordy redundancies and hyperbolic phrases — including the Bushism “make no mistake about it” — were declared banished on Wednesday by the university overseers of an annual list of banned words.(Reuters )

Other banned cliches include “that said”, “undisclosed secret location” and “untimely death”.

I particularly dislike the Americanism “you probably want to” which I guess is a mistaken attempt to soften the phrase “you should”. If I say “you should” I am advising you of something. You may find that patronising, but isn’t “you probably want to” even more offensive?