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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Sterotype, cliché #85881 11/05/2002 11:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Both are used to deprecate tiresomely over-used expressions. Both came from the printing plate that made printing of many copies possible. I can not figure out the name of the figure of speech or rhetorical device involved. Can you? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sterotype, cliché wwh 11/05/2002 11:51 PM Re: Sterotype, cliché Wordwind 11/06/2002 12:56 AM Re: Sterotype, cliché RhubarbCommando 11/06/2002 10:23 AM Re: Sterotype, cliché Alex Williams 11/06/2002 11:13 AM Re: Sterotype, cliché RhubarbCommando 11/06/2002 11:35 AM Re: Sterotype, cliché Faldage 11/06/2002 11:51 AM Re: Sterotype, cliché RhubarbCommando 11/06/2002 11:57 AM Re: Sterotype, cliché wwh 11/06/2002 1:54 PM Re: Stereotype, cliché Wordwind 11/06/2002 2:35 PM Re: Sterotype, cliché musick 11/06/2002 9:09 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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