Perfect Storm
A term, unfortunately still in use, which denotes any effect having causes. It is not old enough to be regarded as archaic, but unquestionably is worn out.
Unable to have an original thought, due to having ignored 12 years of free public education, he described one of the events of his life as, "A perfect storm." That, of course, really wasn't a description, but everyone listening thought it was.
Perfect Storm by wordschmidt February 22, 2011
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