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Enough with the cliches

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Enough with the cliches
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 11, 2021 at 12:22 pm
I'll give you something to cry about.

This is for your own good.

Well, you asked for it.

Not the wire hanger!
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 11, 2021 at 1:07 pm
"That's so cliche!"
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#23
RE: Enough with the cliches
October 11, 2021 at 7:54 pm
Follow the science.
<insert profound quote here>
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 12, 2021 at 12:37 am
It was the final straw.
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 12, 2021 at 11:40 am
"Comfort food" <----- if you don't like a food, how can it be "comforting"? It matters if you like the food. 

"Institution" regarding restaurants, NO, JUST NO! You don't get a degree for eating food. A college is an institution, a restaurant is a place you eat.
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 12, 2021 at 11:52 am
We had to destroy the village to save it.
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 12, 2021 at 1:05 pm
All of the cliches in AA. They are mindless and used all to frequently. But maybe I think this because I never 'let go and let god'.

http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/litera...hrases.htm
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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 17, 2021 at 10:10 am
Sharing is caring.
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#29
RE: Enough with the cliches
October 18, 2021 at 12:27 pm
How do you guys feel about altering cliches so that they're not quite the cliche anymore?

Like, "I just put 2 and 2 together" instead becomes "I just put 3 and 7 together" or insert relevant numbers to come to a total of numbers actually being discussed.

"Selling like hotcakes" = "Selling like prescription opioids"

"Avoid like the plague" = "Avoid like a Trump rally"

"Let your hair down" = "Let your ass hang out"

Is it too confusing?

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RE: Enough with the cliches
October 18, 2021 at 12:34 pm
(October 18, 2021 at 12:27 pm)Ten Wrote: How do you guys feel about altering cliches so that they're not quite the cliche anymore?

In creative writing class, we were taught to reword the cliches. It's definitely something I actively pay attention to in my writing.
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