Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 11, 2013

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    peter  over 11 years ago

    I am confident that clichés become cliche because they’re used so often. Which probably indicates that, initially (before they got to be cliche), they were quite good in getting a thought across.

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    Agent54  over 11 years ago

    Just repetitive, unless you are actually using a cliche.

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    I hope Caufield isn’t an only child….

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    pschearer Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Interesting. Despite the comic and the first two comments, my favorite dictionary lists “cliche” only as a noun. For an adjective they list only “cliched”.

    (Disclaimer: I resist using diacritical marks which the French use to remind themselves how their words used to be spelled. Join me in my crusade!)

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    Zaristerex  over 11 years ago

    Self-parody on how clichéd the Mrs. Olsen/Caulfield “Are there any questions?” thing has become.

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    rshive  over 11 years ago

    Thank you for sharing that with us.

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    hippogriff  over 11 years ago

    pschearer: I am bothered by spell checks that think resumé should resume. Like the song says, “Resumé, resumé mucho”.

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    paul brians  over 11 years ago

    Oh dear. Like others of his generation Caulfield thinks that “cliché” is an adjective.

    http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/cliche.html

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    blather046047  over 11 years ago

    Mrs Olsen needs to start asking if there are any relevant questions.

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    Editer63  over 11 years ago

    What do you call it if you misuse the word “ironic”?

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    lmchildress  over 11 years ago

    exoticdoc – Cliches often become cliches because they contain an element of truth.

    Which itself is a cliche…

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