A phrase, idea, or expression that has been used so many times it has become boring and unoriginal.
From French 'cliché,' originally a printing term for a plate that could be easily reproduced. The word transferred to mean anything repeated mindlessly without original thought.
The original 'cliché' was literally a printing stamp that made the same image over and over—what a perfect metaphor! Now we're in an age of memes and templates doing exactly the same thing digitally, so the 1700s printing term perfectly describes TikTok culture.
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