Pic of the Day
Pic of the Day
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- PhanLo3
- I have set type before. I have also run a letterpress. I had no idea that is where these words came from. Very cool info.lemmy_k
- Yeah me either, worked in a printers with an old typesetter too as an apprentice, but had never heard the sayings.PhanLo
- ... or she could learn french and realize she's dead wrong.zarkonite
- isn't it actually onomatopoeic for 'click'? This twatter leaves out a keyword: 'Stereotype' (type cast into one solid piece of metal - a printing plate).PonyBoy
- Originally the 'clicking' sound made by the plate hitting the paper was referred to as 'cliche' by the french... the brits used the term for printing also...PonyBoy
- ... and eventually repurposed it w/new meaning based on the result of the clicking sound (the reproduced page) so the term 'cliche' AND 'stereotype' found...PonyBoy
- ... common meaning... and are now overused—dare I say 'cliche'?— terms used in modern smug language.PonyBoy
- ^ Thanks Ponyboy. If you don't speak French, that graphic is a complete non-sequitur.CyBrainX
- @pony ...but if you clicked the link that "twatter" explains everything that you just said.garbage
- I did click it—I see once you scroll into the various posts they finally mention it. I call all twitter users 'twatters' out of animosity for the site itself...PonyBoy
- ... no offense meant to you or the person sharing cool shit. :)PonyBoy
- None taken. Cheers.garbage
- Cliché simply means snapshot, it has nothing to do with the sound. It's used in a lot of other contexts to define a similar concept. That story sounds made up.zarkonite
- Well shit, I stand corrected. It dates back to 1460, from CLIC... which is an onomatopoeic word for the sound of, er, well clicking.zarkonite
