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Why I hate the phrase “all walks of life” and you should too

Why I hate the phrase “all walks of life” and you should too

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Mar 14, 2025
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A few months ago, I started noticing how overused the phrase “people from all walks of life” is. At first it was just that, a note to myself that I heard it all the time and it was probably lazy wording, a little cliché. Then I couldn’t stop noticing it and my feelings about the phrase transformed into a full-on vendetta.

If my eye isn’t actually twitchi…

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