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Thought-terminating cliché. A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance. [1] [2] [3] Its function is to stop an argument from proceeding ...
Cliché. A cliché ( UK: / ˈkliːʃeɪ / or US: / kliːˈʃeɪ /; French: [kliʃe]) is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being weird, irritating, or bland, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel ...
According to Powell, "We have a love/hate relationship with cliches. Although we complain about them, we are enamored with them. That's because they always seem to fit." "It was a slam dunk." "It's gut-check time." "Keep your eye on the ball." "Monday-Morning Quarterback" "That was a hole in one." "They don't pull any punches."
Every dog has his day [a] Every Jack has his Jill [a] Every little bit helps [a] Every man for himself ( and the Devil take the hindmost) [a] Every man has his price [a] Every picture tells a story [a] Every stick has two ends [a] Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die [a] Everyone has their price.
In philosophy, platitudes are beliefs or assertions about a topic that are generally accepted as common sense. In some approaches to conceptual analysis, they are taken as a starting point. Conjoining the platitudes on a topic may give a Ramsey sentence. Analyzing platitudes is part of the Canberra Plan of philosophical methodology.
Snowclone. A snowclone is a cliché and phrasal template that can be used and recognized in multiple variants. The term was coined in 2004, derived from journalistic clichés that referred to the number of Inuit words for snow. [1]
Phraseme. A phraseme, also called a set phrase, fixed expression, idiomatic phrase, multiword expression (in computational linguistics ), or idiom, [1] [2] [3] [citation needed] is a multi-word or multi-morphemic utterance whose components include at least one that is selectionally constrained [clarification needed] or restricted by linguistic ...
t. e. A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. [1] Keith and Lundburg describe a trope as "a substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase". [2] The word trope has also undergone a semantic change and now also describes commonly ...