# I hate people who speak in clichés **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106 "2012-05-16T15:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/41 "2012-05-17T14:49:21Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > Now that’s an idea we can slide to the colonel. Let’s throw some brain-hair in the chowder bowl and see if we can get a Sparky Eugene worthy of arousing the moose. Bully! That’s a capital idea! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/42 "2012-05-17T15:10:35Z")
Cliches are a dime a dozen. Avoid them like the plague. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/43 "2012-05-18T02:47:01Z")
You go girl! HOLLA!! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/44 "2012-05-18T03:09:44Z")
“I hate people who speak in clichés” It takes all kinds. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/45 "2012-05-18T04:26:25Z")
I’ll shoot everyone an email on this new mission statement. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/46 "2012-05-18T15:08:57Z")
Thank God It’s Friday!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/47 "2012-05-18T15:14:29Z")
TGIF. It’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/48 "2012-05-18T15:18:22Z")
Sleep on it. You’ll feel better in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/49 "2012-05-18T15:35:39Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > Sleep on it. You’ll feel better in the morning. …but don’t forget that today is the first day of the rest of your life. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/50 "2012-05-18T17:48:06Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > Now that’s an idea we can slide to the colonel. Let’s throw some brain-hair in the chowder bowl and see if we can get a Sparky Eugene worthy of arousing the moose. Sir, I salute you, and shall henceforth be “sliding ideas to the Colonel” as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/51 "2012-05-18T17:54:41Z")
Well, you can’t please everyone. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/52 "2012-05-18T17:57:19Z")
So, is this thread meant to discuss cliches we hate to hear other people use but encounter all the time, to rehash existing ones we like to use, or to try to create new ones? We need to get on the same page on this. I’m not subscribed to this thread so just keep me in the loop as you take the next steps. Just give me the high level summary. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/53 "2012-05-18T20:50:49Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > Now that’s an idea we can slide to the colonel. Let’s throw some brain-hair in the chowder bowl and see if we can get a Sparky Eugene worthy of arousing the moose. I almost teared up from laughing so hard. Thank you so much for philandering the hen-house. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/54 "2012-05-18T21:01:46Z")
Well, I don’t want to get bogged down in the weeds with this one, but maybe **Leaffan** needs to just bonk the germain crumpet. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106/55 "2012-05-19T03:35:21Z")
> [@Saffer](#): > > I want to understand these jokes, care to explain? It’s a 4chan meme. Explanation [here](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-accidentally). And, [thought-terminating clichés.](http://maverickvoice.com/big-ideas/thought-terminating-cliche/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-people-who-speak-in-cliches/622106.md?page=2)