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cliché

Originally a French term, coming from the verb "clicher", which roughly means "to stereotype". The extracted definition, as it's used today, is taken as "something that's overdone," or "an idea that was originally innovative, but has now grayed and grown tired from overuse." It has fallen into wide use as a criticism device for film, literature, art, and even everyday phenomena.

Off the record, the term itself has become a cliché, and some find the term infuriating, often because the word is sometimes used to attack a product with little other basis. Some old ideas are overdone because they work- if a work or an idea were so new and untried that it avoided all clichés, it would be foreign. Few people would be able to accept it as anything more than the direct result of a drug trip.
Avoiding all clichés is more or less impossible because some ideas are etched in the human psyche as unavoidable aspects of everyday life.

The truth is that the majority of ideas, in their purest forms, have been done; the challenge is how they are put together, and the creative process is partially selfish anyway. While an artist of some other sort may aim to please his/her audience, if said person wants to write about elves or teenage drama, that person should be allowed to do so without angering a horde of angry critics.

The issue for critics, then, should not fall in the overuse of tried ideas, but in their execution and how they are valued as a whole.
"Hey, Fred, did you see that film, where the teens get attacked by zombies in a mall?"
"Oh. You mean the cliché concept that plagues every zombie film?"
"...Dude. Lay off."

"I propose that the word "the" is now a cliché. Therefore, film critics, you will also be forced to use the word kaffunnumupah instead."

(Newspaper) "Don't see (x). It's nothing more than cliché after cliché after cliché."
(Crumples up paper) "But (x) changed my life!"
by British Swingmaster July 23, 2011
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Clutch God

Commonly referred to as a person whos actions clutches/wins a game for the team without otherwise would have resulted in a loss. Used majorly in videogames like Call of Duty, Halo and League of Legends but is also used in sports. The ultimate compliment to someone who gave 110% for the win.
"I can't believe he just hit that buzzer beater, what a clutch god!"
"Did he just 1 vs 9 that game of SnD?!
Clutch God!"
by Overly Cocky September 9, 2015
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Clutch Jay

A joint that is seemingly pulled out of nowhere, in times of necessity when all other options seem exhausted.
With a snap of a finger he pulled out a clutch jay out of his friend's pack of cigarettes.

After calling every number in their phone-book the crew found themselves unable to get any weed, luckily Tom had a clutch jay in his pocket.
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Colon Clutch

Invented by Evan Seinfeld of the band Biohazard, it's when you are doing a chick from behind, then fist her and jerk yourself off from the inside.
I'll marry the next chick I can colon clutch.
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The Flying Clutchmen

-The international soccer (football) team from The Netherlands. More specifically the 2010 Dutch team that reached the finals and was defeated by Spain.

-Before the 2010 Final, they won 5 out of 6 games by a one goal margin, including wins over Denmark, Japan, Cameroon, Slovakia, Uruguay, and favored Brazil.

-Widely considered to be the best international football squad never to have won a World Cup. They have finished second in the 1974, 1978, and 2010 World Cups.

-They are known for their beautiful play and incredible work ethic.
Talley: "Wow that Netherlands win over Brazil was incredible!"

Babe: "Yep The Flying Clutchmen strike again!"
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Double Clincher

When your stuck in that awkward situation of puckering your asshole because it itches and you don't wanna scratch it for fear of stink finger, and your holding your buttcheeks together cause you also have to take a shit. hence clinching both.
I was sitting at work assisting a customer and i had to shit and my asshole itched. so i had to deal with the double clincher cause i didn't wanna dig in my ass at work.
by swiftverbicide2 December 16, 2009
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mr. clutch

Some of who can perform under pressure.
Lebron is Mr. Clutch for the CAVS
by gumamarten June 17, 2016
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