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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[arcanetrivia]

"Clichés" is a valid plural noun to me (for example, a list of overused proverbs could be some clichés) and I have been known to use "clichéd" as a descriptor. This is incorrect? I had no idea. It strikes me as another example of our passion for nouning and verbing, TBH.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Both are quite correct! What sounds like an attempt to be unbiased while still providing examples in my English apparently means exactly the opposite to others! And hurrah for upholding different forms when using words in novel ways!