O que (quem) é HACKNEYS - definição
Hackneys
·pl of Hackney.
hackneyed
![Extract from a [[cartoon]] by Priestman Atkinson, from the Punch Almanack for 1885, mocking clichéd expressions in the popular literature at the time](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1885 Punch head toss.png?width=200 "Extract from a [[cartoon]] by Priestman Atkinson, from the Punch Almanack for 1885, mocking clichéd expressions in the popular literature at the time")
IDEA WHICH HAS BECOME OVERUSED TO THE POINT OF LOSING ITS ORIGINAL MEANING OR BEING IRRITATING
Cliche; Clichés; Cliches; Stock phrase; Clichéd; Clichè; Hackneyed; List of clichés
¦ adjective (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Origin
from the obs. v. hackney 'use a horse for general purposes', later 'make commonplace by overuse'.
hackneyed
IDEA WHICH HAS BECOME OVERUSED TO THE POINT OF LOSING ITS ORIGINAL MEANING OR BEING IRRITATING
Cliche; Clichés; Cliches; Stock phrase; Clichéd; Clichè; Hackneyed; List of clichés
If you describe something such as a saying or an image as hackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before.
Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
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