Top 5 Blogging Clichés That Need To Die

5. The word “kerfuffle.”

4. I’m not calling it “Web 2.0″ because it’s just so over.

3. Referencing “Denton” and “Calacanis” in the same overly-reverential sentence.

2. Using. Periods. After. Every. Damn. Word.

1. Blogging with Britney Spears’ baby on your lap.

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The Blog Herald: February 19, 2006 at 11:02 pm

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1 Jason February 19, 2006 at 11:28 am: 6. Creating lists.

7. Saying blogging is dead/has jumped the shark.

8. Saying we need to “blow up” anything (check buzzmachine.com).
2 Brian February 19, 2006 at 11:34 am: I was waiting for the first person to call out this list as a cliché itself… the prize goes to Mr. Calacanis (what an honor!).
3 Duncan February 19, 2006 at 11:03 pm: Kerfuffle is new to me, I’ll have to start using it as well
4 Jesse February 19, 2006 at 11:31 pm: I believe, I could be wrong, that “kerfuffle” originated with the “I ate my ipod shuffle” poem (too lazy to link, search it)
5 Liz Strauss February 20, 2006 at 6:04 am: Sorry, Jesse,
Kerfuffle’s a word that’s been around since the 20th century. I first heard it in Australia in the late 90s.

Add to that list “random” anything.
6 Brian February 20, 2006 at 7:05 am: Kerfuffle is an old word derived from Gaelic… why it’s caught on in the blogosphere like it has is a mystery (it’s been used in 17 posts just since I created this list Saturday night, per Technorati).

Duncan, don’t you dare start using it (oh.. but you’re a short timer anyway, right?)
7 Chris Jara February 20, 2006 at 11:36 am: 6. Creating si.lly.ious site titles

7. Using the term blogosphere instead of blog universe

Ok, maybe the last one is just my personal peeve.
8 Chris P. February 21, 2006 at 7:25 am: I had never seen the phrase “jump the shark” in action before Jason’s comment, and then of course (the very same day), I stumbled upon this…
9 Brian February 21, 2006 at 7:40 am: I almost added “Jump the Shark” itself as a cliché. Who knew a “Happy Days” reference could live so long and well?
10 Rob February 22, 2006 at 8:26 pm: linkbait

damn, i hate that word!

But, I’ll still use it.
11 Brian February 23, 2006 at 7:59 pm: Rob, you caught me. However, I did make this post the first entry in a new category — traffic.