i want to know what these words mean..?

Question

well i already tried to go to dictionary.com but i couldnt find out what these mean. ive been wondering for awhile too so can somebody plaese tell me.
the words are:
cl'eche
too'sha

((sorry if spelled wrong but i think you can tell what it says.))
thank you :]

Answer 1

Here are the dictionary.com pages for:

cliche: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cliche
touche: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/touche

I think those are the words you're talking about.

Answer 2

You can't find them because you are spelling them wrong.

Cliche
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cliche

Touche
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/touche

They are both French words that have been used so frequently in English that they have become English words too.

Cliche is a phrase or action that has lost all originality. For example, if you say "all is well that ends well" this is a cliche. It can be an action too. Like if you are a spoiled little teenage girl who rolls her eyes and pouts her lips when her mother asks her to do something, your actions are very cliche. There is no originality at all- you are just doing or saying what has been done or said a million times before.

Touche means that someone tried to do something to you but you countered with something equallly as powerful or better. So if someone tells you off and you come right back with some witty response, you can say "Touche!"

Answer 3

I was going to tell you that there were no such words, but then I realized that you meant cliche and touche (sorry, that last one has an accent on the last e, but I can't do that in Yahoo! Answers).

A cliche is something that is has lost its effectiveness as an example of something because it has been overused. For example, saying that a product is "new and improved" is a cliche. Nobody believes it anymore, because everyone said it.

Touche is something you say when someone makes a particularly on-point comment - it is like saying, "You got that right". It comes from fencing (the sport), where when someone managed to get past the defensive fighting and touch their opponent, one said, touche.

Both words are French in origin.

Answer 4

I think the 2nd word is touche, Can't figure out the first one yet. Cliche maybe.

In fencing, touché (French: touched) is used as an acknowledgement of a hit, called out by the fencer who is hit. A referee can call out touche (French: touch) to refer to a touch being called - for example, the French call for "no point" is "pas de touche" (French: lack of touch).

The phrase touché is often used in popular culture and general conversation—for example, in an argument or debate. If one person presents an argument and another delivers a clever or apt response, the first person may respond with "touché" as a way of acknowledging a good response.

The expression probably comes from the first blood duels, relatively common in the eighteenth century: during the duel touching the opponent with the tip of the sword was sufficient to win; when this would happen the loser would acknowledge the defeat yelling "touched" hence ending the fight.

A cliché (from French, klɪ'ʃe) is a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel. The term is generally used in a negative context.

Answer 5

Touché means you have scored a point.
Comes from the sport of fencing and indicates someone has touched you by the point of an opponent's foil.
Used now more to indicate someone has said something witty or smart or intuitive that deserves a point in the conversation.

Cliché - A trite or hackneyed expression, action, etc.

Etymology: French, literally, printer's stereotype, from past participle of clicher to stereotype, of imitative origin
1 : a trite phrase or expression; also : the idea expressed by it
2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation
3 : something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
- cliché adjective

Answer 6

do you mean cliche and touche? a cliche means something thats used over and over again or is expected. Ex: if you are writing a report its better not to use cliches and and be original like if you try and make a moral of something that went on. Like Dont judge a book by its cover would be a cliche statement cause in certain situations you expect people to say it and use it over and over again. Now Touche is a little unclear to me as well but its kinda a right back at you statement you use to say to people during perhaps an argument that you want to imply on the person your talking to. Hope I cleared up what you were trying to understand.

Answer 7

cli·ché –noun
---a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse EXAMPLE...sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
---(in art, literature, drama, etc.) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
--anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse.

In fencing, touché (French: touched) is used as an acknowledgment of a hit, called out by the fencer who is hit. A referee can call out touche (French: touch) to refer to a touch being called - for example, the French call for "no point" is "pas de touche" (French: lack of touch).

The phrase touché is often used in popular culture and general conversation—for example, in an argument or debate. If one person presents an argument and another delivers a clever or apt response, the first person may respond with "touché" as a way of acknowledging a good response.

Answer 8

cliche & touche

Main Entry: cli·ché
Variant(s): also cli·che /klE-'shA, 'klE-", kli-'/
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, printer's stereotype, from past participle of clicher to stereotype, of imitative origin
1 : a trite phrase or expression; also : the idea expressed by it
2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation
3 : something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
- cliché adjective



Main Entry: tou·ché
Pronunciation: tü-'shA
Function: interjection
Etymology: French, from past participle of toucher to touch, from Old French tuchier
-- used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or the success or appropriateness of an argument, an accusation, or a witty point

Answer 9

Tuche (I can't spell it, either) is to, in a way, stab back, weather physically or verbally. To make a remark as to argue with something said or done. To defend with offense.

I don't remember the meaning for cliche, but I hope I helped.

Answer 10

Spelling helps

Touche. It is french and means a final graceful end to something. Used in fencing when you deliver the killing blow

Cliche. It is a trite expression or idea

Answer 11

im guessing you meant cliche and touche...
cliche- is like when something is expected and the same. like for example you see a dress and you say it is so cliche because you've seen it everywhere.
touche- is harder to explain it's more of just a thing that if you say something and someone says something that backfires what you just said you could say oh touche.
hope that helps!