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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread word for cliche in real life #189872 03/12/2010 2:09 AM Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Delaware applebart stranger applebart stranger Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Delaware Is there a word for "the occurrence in real life of something that is ordinarily only a figure of speech." Example, seeing a blind person leading another blind person down the street -- "the blind leading the blind." Thanks in advance. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word for cliche in real life applebart #189873 03/12/2010 10:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That's an interesting question. If there is we probably have someone here who knows it. But then, we probably have someone who knows it even if there isn't a word for it. Welcome and stick around. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word for cliche in real life Faldage #189881 03/12/2010 5:10 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Faldage That's an interesting question. If there is we probably have someone here who knows it. But then, we probably have someone who knows it even if there isn't a word for it. Welcome and stick around. I like that: "we have someone who knows it even if there isn't a word for it". Good one. I love questions like the one posted above: things I have never thought of, and which spark interesting repartee. Welcome. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word for cliche in real life Faldage #189882 03/12/2010 7:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, I asked Gideon Burton of silva rhetoricae and he replied: Wow, that would be an awesome term. Wish I knew what it was. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word for cliche in real life tsuwm #189883 03/12/2010 8:47 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague What a beautiful site: silva rhetoricae. Thank you for giving the link. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word for cliche in real life BranShea #189886 03/12/2010 10:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass de nada. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word for cliche in real life applebart #191008 05/11/2010 7:50 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Well, just to give it a shake, might I propose a kettleblack? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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