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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? #137157 01/18/2005 4:57 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada "Familiarity breeds contempt." The problem with cliches is that they are often so true and so familiar that trying to find another phrase can sound forced yet the commonness robs the word/phrase of the impact it should have. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Clichés that shouldn't be? Jackie 01/16/2005 4:43 AM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Wordwind 01/16/2005 12:35 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Faldage 01/16/2005 1:10 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Alex Williams 01/16/2005 5:31 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Wordwind 01/16/2005 10:09 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Jackie 01/17/2005 2:05 AM Re: chestnuts Wordwind 01/17/2005 1:49 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? belligerentyouth 01/17/2005 2:22 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Zed 01/18/2005 4:57 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Dgeigh 01/19/2005 4:29 AM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? tsuwm 01/19/2005 5:27 AM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Jackie 01/19/2005 3:19 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Wordwind 01/19/2005 9:33 PM Re: Clichés that shouldn't be? Dgeigh 01/19/2005 11:18 PM hink pink stink tsuwm 01/20/2005 12:13 AM Re: hink pink stink Wordwind 01/20/2005 6:58 AM Re: hink pink stink maverick 01/20/2005 9:29 AM A patter of a minion Jackie 01/20/2005 3:55 PM Re: Beyond Rev. Spooner... Wordwind 01/20/2005 4:05 PM Re: Beyond Rev. Spooner... Jackie 01/20/2005 11:51 PM Re: Beyond Rev. Spooner... Vernon Compton 01/21/2005 6:36 AM Re: Beyond Rev. Spooner... maverick 01/21/2005 1:52 PM Re: Ell Wordwind 01/21/2005 2:36 PM Re: Ell Buffalo Shrdlu 01/21/2005 7:38 PM Re: Ell Jackie 01/21/2005 10:50 PM Re: Ell Buffalo Shrdlu 01/21/2005 11:48 PM Re: Ell Vernon Compton 01/22/2005 6:23 AM Re: Ell Jackie 01/22/2005 4:35 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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