Hey, Americans ...

[blamebrampton]

Do you ever use forms of cliché other than plain old cliché? Such as clichéd or clichés? I see it used in a manner that I would consider wrong so often that I am wondering if it is one of those wacky idioms that English develops up all around the world. Or it could just be young people today with their emo music and Twittering ...

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[rosathome.livejournal.com]

And now, having read the comments, it seems to me that the matter is so far gone that quite a lot of people have been able to interpret your question in completely the opposite way from what I assumed you meant.

My understanding is that (British) English inflects the word cliché to give the adjectival form clichéd and the plural form clichés. This is what I would view as standard. I assumed your question was directed to those (mainly Americans) who use only the form cliché in all situations, even when it is adjectival or plural. But several people seem to have assumed you were asking whether clichéd and clichés were acceptable forms at all.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know! It's wackier than I suspected! I fear that before I die there will be English-American, American-English translation dictionaries ...