Thread: Clichés: yay or nay?

Sometimes a cliché is true. I'll use it if it actually does express well what I want to say, but probably not without some commentary on how cliché that phrase was and why I used it.

I try to avoid them at most costs. ( including reading them ) I won't lie. For me they are indication of laziness. If I do use them, I certainly attempt to give them a fresh kick in the pants. Sometimes it can be very hard. Like most I grew up with cliches, ( used as teaching tools to be a productive, and functioning adult lol ) so my speech is infested with them. BUT that doesn't mean I have to carry it into writing.