Machine Gun Kelly is back with new music, and this time, he’s baring his heart. On May 23, the singer dropped his latest track titled Cliché, featuring a chorus that feels deeply personal. “Tell me, ...

We need to think outside the box. You’ve definitely heard these clichés. You might even resort to them yourself when you’re speaking to your coworkers, your boss, your friends, or even audiences for ...

There is no absolute line that divides the clichés that warrant a slap of the ruler on the desk and phrases that work just fine given the context. But lexicographer Orin Hargraves has written a new ...

Shortcuts are tempting. Therein lies the appeal of the cliché—one familiar phrase can make a general point that might otherwise take paragraphs to explain. And while nuance may be lost, efficiency is ...

Today is the day we celebrate the cliché. Each year on Nov. 3, the tried, the mostly true and the oft-repeated get their due on National Cliché Day. The word cliché, French in origin, was used by ...

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In the 1994 film Timecop, Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a police officer who uses a time machine to catch criminals. Time-traveling law enforcement may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but if ...

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