cliche
IPA: kɫiʃˈeɪ
noun
- Alternative form of cliché [Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.]
verb
- Alternative form of cliché [(transitive, intransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.]
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Examples of "cliche" in Sentences
- It's the biggest cliche in politics.
- Do you know the origin of this cliche
- It is becoming the cliche of the decade.
- The section confuses cliche and stereotype.
- He was the father of politician Lucien Cliche.
- It was a spoof of the cliched melodramatic serials of the era.
- The articles are of a cliche and of a theory, hardly related at all.
- It kind of reinforces the idea of the song as a cliche for imperial Britain.
- The Cliche Commission's report was largely adopted by the Bourassa government.