Worthless phrases

Political Ianguage—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. One cannot change this all in a moment, but one can at least change one’s own habits, and from time to time one can even, if one jeers loudly enough, send some worn-out and useless phrase-some jackboot, Achilles’ heel, hate bed, melting pot, acid test, veritable inferno or other lump of verbal refuse—into the dustbin where it belongs.—George Orwell, A Collection of Essays, 171