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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cliches #195578 01/06/2011 5:42 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth Whilst wondering whether the word cliche is a cliche I had another thought...when exactly is the correct time to use cliches, if ever, and which cliches are too cliched to ever be used? ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cliches bexter #195581 01/06/2011 5:59 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 boy, howdy! clichés cover a lot of territory: see Eric Partridge Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cliches tsuwm #195583 01/06/2011 6:03 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth wow that is a lot of stuff on those annoying little monsters! ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cliches bexter #195606 01/07/2011 1:19 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Not every piece of writing has to be sparkling, original prose. The value of clichés is that they get meaning across without a lot of work by either the writer or the reader. Whether cliché is itself a cliché might depend on how you define cliché. Its origin is from the French. It's onomatopoeic for the sound made when the matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a stereotype plate. At least that's what AHD4 says. 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 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

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