Cliches refers to something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. It commonly describes a stereotype (printing plate) and to use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Taken together, these meanings present Cliches as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Cliches therefore works well as a quotation category because it can hold direct statements about the subject, figurative uses that borrow its meaning, and broader reflections that stay anchored to the same central idea. Cliches is not limited to a single rigid definition in ordinary language, and that wider range is part of what makes the category useful for grouping related material without losing the term's main sense. When used as a theme, Cliches can support serious, reflective, argumentative, or even playful quotations, provided the wording still connects back to the core idea described by the source definitions.
