Cliché |Klē'SHā| noun •a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse Cliché. A word that is constantly overused to describe cute romantic movies or books could possibly describe itself. Romance is different in everyone's eyes. From the person sitting next to you in class or your next door neighbor. Love is never truly cliché. Even though the concept is similar, the feeling is different. When a girl is put into this so called "cliché" Cinderella story, it is anything but cliché.