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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7733264.stm identifies these top 20 no-op words, jargons, and cliches by survey.

  1. Basically
  2. To be fair
  3. To be honest
  4. Going forward
  5. The fact of the matter is
  6. Let's face it / let's be honest
  7. Touch base
  8. (I want your) 110%
  9. In the pipeline
  10. The reason being
  11. I'm not being funny but
  12. By the end of play today
  13. Singing from the same hymn sheet
  14. Can't get my head around it
  15. A raft of proposals
  16. To roll out
  17. Don't just talk the talk, you got to walk the walk
  18. Lessons will be learned
  19. Actually

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