If I were supreme dicatator, I would declare a moratorium on use of the following terms/phrases, unless one uttering the term/phrase is actually describing people/situations which render the phrase accurate or meaningful. Some of these used to be good analogies, but overruse has worn them out. Others just make no friggin' sense at all ...

• "throw under the bus" (for use only when someone has actually thrown someone else under a bus)

• "rock star" (for use only when talking about actual rock stars, such as David Lee Roth)

• "come to Jesus moment" (for use only when someone has actually come to Jesus; usage in a spiritual sense is allowed.)

• "diva" (similar to "rock star;" for use only when talking about female opera stars)

• "literally" (PROPER: "She literally let the cat out of the bag when she opened the knapsack and a cat came out. IMPROPER: "There are literally thousands of people at the Cardinals game today." Literally is not an amplifier, okay people?)

Any others that I'm missing? What would your word/phrase moratorium include?

[I notice that Achewood covered another pet peeve of mine pretty well on Friday. (Refer to last panel.)]