Original
Original adjective - Being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of.
Usage example: a truly original approach
Well-worn
Well-worn adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.
Usage example: people at the funeral offered the grieving family well-worn platitudes and expressions of sympathy
Both words in one sentence
- Something well-worn and Strictly Formula in one context can seem new and original when exported to an audience not familiar with its conventions.
Source: Observation On Originality -
Cliché Storm: Any attempt to converse with Grahame Coats results in this; he seems to think an abundance of well-worn un-witticisms make him seem far smarter than even a single original thought ever could.
Source: Literature / Anansi Boys - While some 'real men' are also skilled roleplayers (who just happen to enjoy a good brawl), others tend to stay silent when it's time for talking, relying mostly on well-worn archetypes (the trenchcoated stoic, for example), rather than the more original characters of the typical Roleplayer.
Source: The Real Man
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