cliche

IPA: kɫiʃˈeɪ

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.]

Alternative form of cliché [(transitive, intransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.]

Examples of "cliche" in Sentences

The ‘drive liberals crazy’ cliche is a value judgement.
It has become woefully steeped in cliche for me in the last three episodes.
Is that a cliche from the bar down the street about running tabs or something?
But the most interesting aspect of the cliche is how it is used to hide a sleight of the materialist hand.
Xavier - A perfect example for me of how the film avoided or subverted cliche is the development of the love story.
It was only funny to me because Locke said it in the premiere, but the cliche is starting to wear thin as he repeats it in episode 3.
This handy-dandy cliche is generally attributed to Simone de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex – this translation is from Wikiquote:
Turns out the environmental message that a lot of American reviewers thought was trite and cliche is really not for people actually fighting to protect their land.
The cliche is of course that people use these occasions to hook up with old flames; I did enjoy chatting to those I had snogged back in the day, but nothing further was likely to happen - at least one of them had completely forgotten our brief encounter, and for something that seemed so important at the time I confess the details have mostly slipped my mind too.