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It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches

By Orin Hargraves

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Hardcover:

9780199315734 | Oxford Univ Pr, July 30, 2014, cover price $24.95

The Snark Handbook: Cliches Edition: Overused Buzzwords, Hackneyed Phrases, and Other Misuses of the English Language

Product Description: CLICHÃ: nounEtymology: French, literally, printer's stereotype, from past participle of clichÃ©r, to stereotype, of imitative originDate: 18921 : a trite phrase or expression; also : the idea expressed by it2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation3 : something that has become overly familiar or commonplace Â In the words of Stephen Fry, âIt is a clichÃ© that most clichÃ©s are true, but then like most clichÃ©s, that clichÃ© is untrue...read more

By Lawrence Dorfman

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9781616086350 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, November 1, 2012, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: CLICHÃ: nounEtymology: French, literally, printer's stereotype, from past participle of clichÃ©r, to stereotype, of imitative originDate: 18921 : a trite phrase or expression; also : the idea expressed by it2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation3 : something that has become overly familiar or commonplace Â In the words of Stephen Fry, âIt is a clichÃ© that most clichÃ©s are true, but then like most clichÃ©s, that clichÃ© is untrue.

From Cliche to Archetype

By W. Terrence Gordon (editor)

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9781584230663 | Gingko Pr Inc, September 22, 2011, cover price $24.95

It's Not Rocket Science: And Other Irritating Modern Cliches

Product Description: In the lastÂ 30 years, new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new clichÃ©s galore. Everything on the internet is available at the "click of a mouse," TV hosts ask the audience to "give it up" when they want them to applaud, call centersÂ say "we value your call" even though "all our operators are busy...read more

By Hugh Murray

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9780749951597, titled "It's Not Rocket Science And Other Irritating Modern Cliches: And Other Irritating Modern Cliches" | Piatkus Books, October 1, 2009, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Takes the readers through various aspects of modern life to find the most prevalent, ubiquitous and downright irritating cliches of our age.

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9780749939731 | Piatkus Books, August 1, 2010, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: In the lastÂ 30 years, new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new clichÃ©s galore.

The Dead and the Quick: Cliches and Neologisms in the Written,spoken and Visual Cultures of Britain, the United States and France

Product Description: This work is a major contribution to the study of cliches and neologisms since it moves beyond considering them separately into their interlinked role in written,spoken and visual cultures in contemporary Britain,France and the United States...read more

By Walter Redfern

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9781933146768, titled "The Dead and the Quick: Cliches and Neologisms" | Academica Pr Llc, April 30, 2010, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This work is a major contribution to the study of cliches and neologisms since it moves beyond considering them separately into their interlinked role in written,spoken and visual cultures in contemporary Britain,France and the United States.

Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained

Product Description: Betty Kirkpatrick has complied and exhaustive dictionary--a must for writers, crossword puzzle buffs, and anyone who is intrigued by language.Sample entries from ClichesLet the cat out of the bag is an idiom cliche meaning to reveal a secret...read more

By E. M. Kirkpatrick

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9780312154943 | St Martins Pr, June 1, 1997, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Provides the origins of common phrases and examples of their use, and explores how phrases become cliches, when they are used, and why

Paperback:

9780312198442 | Griffin, March 1, 1999, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Betty Kirkpatrick has complied and exhaustive dictionary--a must for writers, crossword puzzle buffs, and anyone who is intrigued by language.

Cliches and Coinages

Product Description: Redfern (French, U. of Reading) follows his successful Puns (Blackwell) with this equally vigorous exploration of literary license in the fields of literary history, advertising, the media, propaganda, and everyday life. Throughout, practice and theory are compared and contrasted in the English, American, and French tradition...read more

By W. D. Redfern

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9780631156918 | Blackwell Pub, December 1, 1989, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Redfern (French, U.

Every Cliche in the Book

Presents well-known cliches under the headings: sentiments, situations, sources, and sounds.

By George Dardess and Peggy Rosenthal

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9780688061135 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents well-known cliches performing positive functions through speaking figures, with sections on mood, attitudes, and judgements, familiar social situations, rich images, and sound effects

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9780688079567 | Quill, June 1, 1988, cover price $10.01 | About this edition: Presents well-known cliches under the headings: sentiments, situations, sources, and sounds.

9780688061142 | Quill, June 1, 1987, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Presents well-known cliches under the headings: sentiments, situations, sources, and sounds.

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