Recently in the New York Times Book Review, Geoff Dyer complained about the ubiquity of the word "tireless," and wondered if it was unique as a single-word cliché.

I immediately thought of travel writing, where there are a number of words that, through overuse, have become cliches. Most are adjectives: magical, mystical, charming, exotic. But there is at least one verb: nestled. And there are a handful of nouns: adventure (people rarely write about trips anymore; every excursion outside of town is invariably an "adventure"), wonders and – the most irresistible of all – paradise. I thought its days were numbered after National Geographic Traveler used it on its cover story about Bali the same month as the Kuta Beach bombings. But "paradise" made a speedy recovery and now appears in almost any story about a place where palm trees grow.

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