Comments on: The New Cliché, Part Two

By: M

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:53:46 +0000

I’m working on my first novel as we speak. In fact this is it.

By: Mandy de Waal

Mandy de Waal — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:35:53 +0000

Super duper blog!

“Honey, we’re all at work on our first novel.”

Friggin’ hell – now that was funny.

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:07:58 +0000

But what if something is both “super [adjective]” and “fucking [adjective]“? Like if I think your thoughts on the new cliches are super fucking awesome, is that better or worse than just being super-awesome? Please give this matter careful consideration.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:28:38 +0000

This is really dope, son.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:42:24 +0000

Be careful, one of your advisees is a big fan of using “super” as an adverb. (I hope you can figure out which one I’m talking about, think “super-cute!!”.)
I hate the word “uber” with a passion.
My cousin’s name is Ben, haha.

By: Mantecanaut

Mantecanaut — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:38:49 +0000

I agree, yet ’super’ becomes a strange hybrid animal when used in another language, for example the spanish “super-bien”, or if you’re going french “hyper-bien”. Who cares if those nationalities never actually say those things anymore! It gives them legitimacy.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:42:54 +0000

The absolute gentleman has been upstaged by a comic-book geek. Uber-geek, actually.

By: TimCallahan

TimCallahan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:35:40 +0000

Fuck you and your anti-super hate.

Super dash anything is great writing.

Super-cool?
Super-awesome?

That being said, I will use those words as I crane my neck to read voraciously about working on my first novel, a sweet little work entitled “Uber-Liam and the Legion of Super-Heroes.”

By: Rapunzel

Rapunzel — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:57:59 +0000

You could devote countless entries on the cliches of babynaming practices. My least favorite is the “my child needs a stand-out name,” begetting an entire cohort of Clementines and Boo Radleys and Apples. Honestly, not everyone is destined to play wide receiver for the NFl, or be a hooker, for that matter.