Grandomastery Random SIMILE Activity – Cliché-Busting Original Comparison Lab for C1–C2+ Linguistic Spark
- Grandomaster
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
The sharpest, fastest metaphor workout in Grandomastery: a tired cliché appears (“as busy as a bee”, “as cool as a cucumber”, “as old as the hills”). In exactly 90–120 seconds you must invent and deliver three brand-new, jaw-droppingly fresh, humorous similes that are:
100 % original,
instantly vivid,
emotionally accurate,
and so much better than the original that everyone forgets the cliché ever existed.
Example prompt: “as nervous as…”
Your answer: “as nervous as a vegan at a butcher’s beauty pageant”, “as nervous as a Wi-Fi router in a Faraday cage”, “as nervous as a snowflake in a sauna sauna”.
The result is a lightning-round of spoken (or written) linguistic fireworks that instantly elevates everyday speech to publishable wit.
Target Audience
C1–C2–C2+ (“C3”) learners & native speakers
Copywriters, stand-up comedians, creative writers, C2 Proficiency Speaking/Writing candidates
Mode & Duration
Solo or pair spoken simile blitz + optional written collection – 2–3 minutes per cliché
Key Skills Developed (True C2+ Level)
Masterful micro-storytelling through miniature comparisons – turning one image into instant narrative punch
Advanced/proficient simile-craft & linguistic originality – banishing clichés forever with surgical creativity
Bisociative metaphor generation – colliding distant domains for maximum surprise and accuracy
Humour-timed delivery & rhythmic punch – landing the simile with perfect comic or poetic perfection
Instant visual–emotional translation – making listeners literally see and feel the comparison
Performative linguistic swagger – owning the new simile with the confidence of a born wordsmith
Cliché-assassination rhetoric – making the old version sound embarrassingly dead on arrival
Core Theoretical Principles This Activity Is Built On
Bisociation (Arthur Koestler) – the funniest and most memorable similes are born when two unrelated matrices collide
Defamiliarisation via Comparison (Shklovsky) – fresh similes make us see the familiar world as if for the first time
Ludicrism in Everyday Speech – treating language as a playground instantly raises fluency and creative confidence
Used daily by top advertising creatives, comedy writers, and C2 examiners as the single most effective drill for near-native metaphorical genius, instant originality, and unforgettable spoken sparkle.
Destroy today’s cliché now: https://grandomastery.com/simile
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