AskAcademia-1517365883-7u6jgo.json

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  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/",
  "title:": "The worst cliche of academic writing?",
  "text": "I just did a Google Scholar search for \"A tale of two\" excluding articles on Dickens.  It produced nearly 8,000 separate results such as \"A tale of two market failures: Technology and environmental policy\", \"Dioxygen activation and methane hydroxylation by soluble methane monooxygenase: a tale of two irons and three proteins.\"  So my question is: Is this the worst cliche in academic writing or are there others that are just as bad or worse?\n\nI realize that this isn't a life or death question, but it galls me every time I see it.",
  "author": "Remansilent",
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    "dtiej11": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiej11/",
      "text": "Pithy and Potentially Humorous Title: An Actual Explanation of the Research Using Technical Terms",
      "author": "PurrPrinThom",
      "created": 1517387897,
      "upvotes": 156,
      "replies": {
        "dtik6cl": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtik6cl/",
          "text": "Especially when they don't connect.\n\nSex, Drugs, & Rock and Roll: Effects of Zeeman splitting on Carbon IV line wing shape in obscured Z ~ 6 Quasars.",
          "author": "WilyDoppelganger",
          "created": 1517401536,
          "upvotes": 89,
          "replies": {
            "dtioyl7": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtioyl7/",
              "text": "I think this is a good point. Clever titles in this form that work are great, ones that are horribly mashed into the form are grating.",
              "author": "not_really_redditing",
              "created": 1517408598,
              "upvotes": 12,
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                "dtite84": {
                  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtite84/",
                  "text": "But are now common enough to make the \"successful\" titles feel a bit twee.",
                  "author": "imhereforthevotes",
                  "created": 1517413450,
                  "upvotes": 7,
                  "replies": {
                    "dtj4rwi": {
                      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtj4rwi/",
                      "text": "Yeah, it's true. I feel that may be even more true in naming methods/software.",
                      "author": "not_really_redditing",
                      "created": 1517424196,
                      "upvotes": 3,
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                }
              }
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        "dtipih2": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtipih2/",
          "text": "but I like punny titles! ",
          "author": "riggorous",
          "created": 1517409246,
          "upvotes": 22,
          "replies": {
            "dtiybzy": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiybzy/",
              "text": "I watched an interview with editors at nature and science and they hate puns.\n\n^gives ^me ^an ^excuse ^why ^I ^never ^published ^there...",
              "author": "corgs_n_borgs",
              "created": 1517418211,
              "upvotes": 13,
              "replies": {
                "dtj0ata": {
                  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtj0ata/",
                  "text": "snobs.",
                  "author": "riggorous",
                  "created": 1517420037,
                  "upvotes": 6,
                  "replies": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "dtjuv1r": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjuv1r/",
          "text": "Titles are one of my favorite things to work with.\n\nI've done \"I Believe in the Church of Baseball: The Effect of the American West on Baseball Rules, 1880-1908\" I took the first part from Bull Durham\n\nMy current piece is more of an ultra sarcastic travel guide (writing for fun on the side). The working title is \"Southern Spice and Minnesota Nice: Southern Girl in the North Country.\" It has the obligatory Bob Dylan reference\n",
          "author": "dewitt72",
          "created": 1517450329,
          "upvotes": 3,
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            "dtkcpo7": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtkcpo7/",
              "text": "I'm definitely guilty of it myself, and I do enjoy a good punny or entertaining title, but I do think it's become so ubiquitous that the format has hit the level of clich\u00e9.",
              "author": "PurrPrinThom",
              "created": 1517478409,
              "upvotes": 3,
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            }
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    },
    "dti1dds": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti1dds/",
      "text": "Towards an X of Y",
      "author": "anphph",
      "created": 1517368287,
      "upvotes": 71,
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        "dtiaeuw": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiaeuw/",
          "text": "OOhh - I get a lot of those in my field - it's always \"Towards a philosophy of X\" or \"Notes towards a philosophy of X\"",
          "author": "thelinttrap",
          "created": 1517379360,
          "upvotes": 14,
          "replies": {}
        },
        "dtjt27u": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjt27u/",
          "text": "I hate this only because it's TOWARD in the US.",
          "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
          "created": 1517448335,
          "upvotes": 2,
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        }
      }
    },
    "dti1kzz": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti1kzz/",
      "text": "The good, the bad, and the ugly.  I am a coauthor on one of the 66,000 Google Scholar results for that title.  Suffice to say it was not my idea.",
      "author": "SmartAZ",
      "created": 1517368490,
      "upvotes": 52,
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    "dti4bb4": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti4bb4/",
      "text": "\"size matters!: Blah blah blah blah\"",
      "author": "corgs_n_borgs",
      "created": 1517371111,
      "upvotes": 37,
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        "dtifenz": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtifenz/",
          "text": "Speaking as someone involved in philosophy/critical theory: any materialist theory which generally puns on the word \"matter\". As in... understanding how \"matter matters\", thinking about \"how matter comes to matter\", etc.\n\nNot to say that these same theorists don't often have something very interesting to say!",
          "author": "shmadishma",
          "created": 1517390117,
          "upvotes": 11,
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            "dtii97a": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtii97a/",
              "text": "Ugh. A professor of mine wrote a book called *Matter Matters* and I hated talking to him about it because I could hardly keep from barking in his face about the title.",
              "author": "kyrie-eleison",
              "created": 1517397466,
              "upvotes": 7,
              "replies": {
                "dtju8db": {
                  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtju8db/",
                  "text": "I actually like it on its own as a book title, because it could be \"matters about matter\" as well as \"matter is something that matters\"",
                  "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
                  "created": 1517449632,
                  "upvotes": 2,
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                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
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    "dti7i2h": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti7i2h/",
      "text": "\"A brief history of...\" is sometimes justifiable, but probably not necessary in all of the 765,000 results on Google Scholar.",
      "author": "fuckuufuckingfuck",
      "created": 1517374910,
      "upvotes": 37,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dti5n08": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti5n08/",
      "text": "[What they say vs what they mean](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--SDDAjEdT--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/18lou6gwjgzs6jpg.jpg)",
      "author": "lalochezia1",
      "created": 1517372581,
      "upvotes": 66,
      "replies": {
        "dtjbind": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjbind/",
          "text": "Holly molly you made my day. Thank you so much!!",
          "author": "PM_MOI_TA_PHILO",
          "created": 1517430498,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "dtjclm3": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjclm3/",
              "text": "You're welcome.\n\n\n^Please ^cite ^this ^thankyou ^in ^**all** ^future ^papers ^as ^lalochezia1, ^\"snarky ^internet ^comment ^#6289392136892\", ^Reddit ^journal ^of ^wankery.",
              "author": "lalochezia1",
              "created": 1517431462,
              "upvotes": 7,
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    "dti8e5v": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti8e5v/",
      "text": "In my discipline it is this awful cliche: *\"looking backwards while glancing ahead.\"* ",
      "author": "ocherthulu",
      "created": 1517376183,
      "upvotes": 25,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dtic4dy": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtic4dy/",
      "text": "After Freud: X [and its Discontents ](https://www.google.com/search?q=And+its+discontents&tbm=bks&prmd=vsni&ei=tWpxWsXXII6WsAf1xpegDg&start=0&sa=N&biw=320&bih=548&dpr=2) \n\nThis one always really annoyed me for some reason.",
      "author": "shmadishma",
      "created": 1517382557,
      "upvotes": 23,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dthzigm": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dthzigm/",
      "text": "Last year someone in my research group (mathematical logic) published a paper called \"A tale of two Liouville closures\".",
      "author": "JumpyTheHat",
      "created": 1517366591,
      "upvotes": 20,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dtit8ox": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtit8ox/",
      "text": "I did my doctoral study on immune function and stress in rats and humans. My PhD advisor thankfully, blessedly, talked me out of titling my dissertation \"Of Mice and Men: etc etc.\" ",
      "author": "Jaralith",
      "created": 1517413295,
      "upvotes": 19,
      "replies": {
        "dtj157b": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtj157b/",
          "text": "Should've been \"of rats and men\" obviously.",
          "author": "corgs_n_borgs",
          "created": 1517420818,
          "upvotes": 9,
          "replies": {
            "dtjtcdz": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjtcdz/",
              "text": "See, *that* might have been clever.",
              "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
              "created": 1517448647,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "dtif70y": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtif70y/",
      "text": "what we talk about when we talk about x",
      "author": "ccarlo42",
      "created": 1517389575,
      "upvotes": 18,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dti0qxs": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti0qxs/",
      "text": "\"outside of the (fill in the blank) box\" is right up there",
      "author": "IkeEis",
      "created": 1517367703,
      "upvotes": 16,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dtikb0s": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtikb0s/",
      "text": "\"[Accepted statement in the field]: Is it all that it seems?\"\n\n[Findings from my tiny sample indicate possibly, maybe not, but more research is needed.]",
      "author": "8eMH83",
      "created": 1517401781,
      "upvotes": 16,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dtiilcr": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiilcr/",
      "text": "Putting parentheses around a prefix in a title, i.e., \"(Re)Configurations of Gender,\" \"(Re)Visitations of Technology,\" &c.",
      "author": "BewareTheSphere",
      "created": 1517398230,
      "upvotes": 31,
      "replies": {
        "dtin47j": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtin47j/",
          "text": "[deleted]",
          "author": null,
          "created": 1517406221,
          "upvotes": 13,
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            "dtioyyo": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtioyyo/",
              "text": "Oh yes, I also hate the slash used in that way. Yeah, I feel like I most often see it in theoretically oriented papers. \n\nMy reaction to seeing it is always, *You're not as clever as you think* and *This paper will be unnecessarily hard to read*.",
              "author": "BewareTheSphere",
              "created": 1517408610,
              "upvotes": 10,
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        },
        "dtjt6jc": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjt6jc/",
          "text": "&c. is another one ;)",
          "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
          "created": 1517448467,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "dtkfuah": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtkfuah/",
              "text": "Haha, I thought that as soon as I posted it! It's become instinctual at this point; I blame reading all those Victorian texts.",
              "author": "BewareTheSphere",
              "created": 1517486064,
              "upvotes": 2,
              "replies": {}
            }
          }
        },
        "dtiotpx": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiotpx/",
          "text": "Ugh, architectural theorists love this one. ",
          "author": "kayelar",
          "created": 1517408435,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "dtidr6z": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtidr6z/",
      "text": "For publishing new genomes you so often see titles of the form:\n\n\"The [species] genome provides insights into [thing species does]\"\n\nhttps://www.google.co.uk/search?q=genome+%22provides+insights%22&oq=genome+%22provides+insights%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.10905j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8",
      "author": "PinusPinea",
      "created": 1517386064,
      "upvotes": 12,
      "replies": {
        "dtj13d5": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtj13d5/",
          "text": "Thanks for the suggested title \ud83e\udd23",
          "author": "corgs_n_borgs",
          "created": 1517420772,
          "upvotes": 2,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "dtidbm0": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtidbm0/",
      "text": "\"My research stands at the intersection between bla bla and bla bla\"",
      "author": "I_AM_CWI",
      "created": 1517385077,
      "upvotes": 24,
      "replies": {
        "dtj7aop": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtj7aop/",
          "text": "What's wrong with this? Though I always say, \"My research *lies* at the intersection...\" Lazy research! ",
          "author": "puugwei",
          "created": 1517426559,
          "upvotes": 7,
          "replies": {
            "dtjm217": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjm217/",
              "text": "Generally not a good idea to lie down in traffic....",
              "author": "I_AM_CWI",
              "created": 1517440465,
              "upvotes": 3,
              "replies": {}
            },
            "dtjkgzi": {
              "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjkgzi/",
              "text": "[removed]",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1517438809,
              "upvotes": -2,
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                "dtjtaai": {
                  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjtaai/",
                  "text": "Yeah except intersection here is in the sense of set theory. Like A \u2229 B. ",
                  "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
                  "created": 1517448583,
                  "upvotes": 15,
                  "replies": {
                    "dtk5y3n": {
                      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtk5y3n/",
                      "text": "[removed]",
                      "author": null,
                      "created": 1517464098,
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                        "dttp38c": {
                          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dttp38c/",
                          "text": ">\tThe set theoretic sense is excluded by the use of the preposition \"at\".\n\nNo?\n\n>\tBut I doubt that the poster wishes to convey the idea that his research only/mainly uses elements of two research fields that are common to both fields (the meaning of A \u2229 B).\n\nRed herring.",
                          "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
                          "created": 1517930531,
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                "dtjsacn": {
                  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjsacn/",
                  "text": "Think more like an intersection in a Venn diagram.",
                  "author": "svenx",
                  "created": 1517447467,
                  "upvotes": 5,
                  "replies": {}
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        },
        "dtj6dx3": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtj6dx3/",
          "text": "Ooooh, this one stings just looking at my username, let alone reflecting on my thesis. I didn't write that exact phrase, but I've used it in presentations.",
          "author": "Chemomechanics",
          "created": 1517425698,
          "upvotes": 3,
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      }
    },
    "dtimo9p": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtimo9p/",
      "text": "How about one that [could stand to be used more?](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/29/swedish-cientists-bet-bob-dylan-lyrics-research-papers)",
      "author": "Sleisl",
      "created": 1517405599,
      "upvotes": 9,
      "replies": {
        "dtiwqce": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiwqce/",
          "text": "Not as cool, but Chris Stringer recently made a Green Day reference.",
          "author": "MxUnicorn",
          "created": 1517416716,
          "upvotes": 1,
          "replies": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "dtiru8q": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiru8q/",
      "text": "\"To x or not to x\" 2.000.000 results in Google scholar. For me this is the worst cliche, and it can be used almost in any topic!\n",
      "author": "Frandom314",
      "created": 1517411854,
      "upvotes": 9,
      "replies": {}
    },
    "dtiiu8s": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiiu8s/",
      "text": "\"Academic writing is dry\"\n\nNo, academic writing doesn't have to be dry, that just means the author sucks at writing",
      "author": "k0np",
      "created": 1517398786,
      "upvotes": 6,
      "replies": {
        "dtjtigt": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjtigt/",
          "text": "Yep. And using jargon does not make something dry, FWIW.",
          "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
          "created": 1517448833,
          "upvotes": 3,
          "replies": {
            "duc4e4b": {
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              "text": "deleted  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.2389  [^^^What ^^^is ^^^this?](https://pastebin.com/FcrFs94k/47521)",
              "author": null,
              "created": 1518785442,
              "upvotes": 2,
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    },
    "dtjekxh": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjekxh/",
      "text": "But don\u2019t worry, folks, people aren\u2019t unfairly judging your ideas based on tiny phrases.",
      "author": "rhetoricetc",
      "created": 1517433245,
      "upvotes": 7,
      "replies": {}
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    "dtjh4xi": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjh4xi/",
      "text": "\"Queering <x>\"\n\nI have nothing against queer theory and have consulted a lot of its methods and books using it, but these titles are a dime a dozen and consistently fail to tell me much about a book beyond its use of QT.",
      "author": "Kusiemsk",
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    "dtiuksq": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiuksq/",
      "text": "Using the word \"novel\" too much",
      "author": "GP4LEU",
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        "dtjtg83": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjtg83/",
          "text": "Okay *fine*, I'll switch to \"book-length work of realist fictional prose.\"",
          "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
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        "dtjgdc4": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjgdc4/",
          "text": "Oh god in computer science 100% this. Every method is described as \"novel\" so it means virtually nothing",
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        "dtjjom8": {
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          "text": "Same with \u201crobust\u201d",
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    "dtie4mt": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtie4mt/",
      "text": "Check out http://www.academiaobscura.com, they have a full list on academic tropes and plenty of other funny stuff related to academia!",
      "author": "Hanz_Zolo",
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      "text": "[deleted]",
      "author": null,
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        "dtjtj3q": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjtj3q/",
          "text": "Titles phrased as questions?",
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    "dti6xcf": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti6xcf/",
      "text": "\"Lost in Lewis structures\" is supposed to be a reference to a show, but I still don't get it",
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      "text": "\"Programmatic\" ",
      "author": "Arkellian_Pilot",
      "created": 1517377686,
      "upvotes": 3,
      "replies": {}
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    "dtjnglq": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjnglq/",
      "text": "In biology I see a lot of \u201c[Blank]: A Double-Edged Sword\u201d",
      "author": "AlzScience",
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      "upvotes": 4,
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    "duc4g83": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/duc4g83/",
      "text": "deleted  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.4707  [^^^What ^^^is ^^^this?](https://pastebin.com/FcrFs94k/80777)",
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    "dti4c7j": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dti4c7j/",
      "text": "\"problematic\" or I hate when people refer to \"slippages\" in language, etc. yuk.",
      "author": "watermelo",
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        "dtjtk3v": {
          "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtjtk3v/",
          "text": "I mean problematic is definitely annoying, but slippage actually refers to something specific.",
          "author": "NotYourFathersEdits",
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          "upvotes": 1,
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            "dtjxqy3": {
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              "text": "I know it might be a personal thing. There was a woman in my MA class who would almost always say \"I feel like there are slippages in the way we're using these terms\" and then rub her hands together as its visual ",
              "author": "watermelo",
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                "dtkvan2": {
                  "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtkvan2/",
                  "text": "Ooh that seems like we\u2019re veering into \u201cmoist\u201d territory \n",
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    "dtiyxwb": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtiyxwb/",
      "text": "I think the cute phrase on either end of the semicolon in titles is terribly tired now. They are rarely if ever actually funny.",
      "author": "ph0rk",
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    "dtix4kj": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtix4kj/",
      "text": "\"the ways in which\"",
      "author": "Assotto",
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    "dtl4r09": {
      "link": "/r/AskAcademia/comments/7u6jgo/the_worst_cliche_of_academic_writing/dtl4r09/",
      "text": "To Be or Not... is perennial favorite.",
      "author": "WendyLBelcher",
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