cliche

It has become woefully steeped in cliche for me in the last three episodes.

True Blood--Again...Episode 9 rabid1st 2009

Is that a cliche from the bar down the street about running tabs or something?

Matthew Yglesias » Ben Bernanke Has Ways of Making Banks Lend 2010

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.

The Tail Section » Three Video Clips from “Jughead” 2009

Xavier - A perfect example for me of how the film avoided or subverted cliche is the development of the love story.

The Anatomy of “District 9″ - Eric’s review » Scene-Stealers 2009

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.

President Kaczyński burkesworks 2010

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.

Three For Sunday « Gerry Canavan 2010

This handy-dandy cliche is generally attributed to Simone de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex – this translation is from Wikiquote:

Yet another trans 101, in which Helen tells cis people What’s What 2009

The ‘drive liberals crazy’ cliche is a value judgement.

Matthew Yglesias » Against Craziness 2009

This handy-dandy cliche is generally attributed to Simone de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex – this translation is from Wikiquote:

Yet another trans 101, in which Helen tells cis people What’s What 2009

But the most interesting aspect of the cliche is how it is used to hide a sleight of the materialist hand.

2009 July - Telic Thoughts 2009