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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[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Sorry ... I thought the question was whether clichéd and clichés were correct, not the other way around.

M-W and Oxford list cliché as a noun, which might suggest that no, it shouldn't be used that way, but M-W also mentions it as an adjective. *shrugs*

Oxford cliché
M-W cliché
M-W clichéd

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

So that would indicate that it is an American/British distinction then. If M-W (which is American) lists the form cliché as both adjective and noun, but OED only lists it as a noun, that's the difference blamebrampton was asking about.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

What rosathome says ;-) But I adore your use of footnotes!