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  • commonplace — n Commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, cliche mean an idea or expression lacking in originality or freshness. A commonplace is a stock idea or expression which is frequently little more than the obvious, conventional, and easy thing to think… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • phrase — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, adage, address, adjectival phrase, affirmation, allegation, ana, anacrusis, analects, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, article, articulate, assertion, averment, axiom, back matter, bass passage,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • phrase — n 1. word group, unit, construction, term; clause, sentence, verse; portion, part, passage, excerpt; noun phrase, verb phrase, adverbial phrase, adjectival phrase. 2. phraseology, way of speaking, phrasing, manner of expression, mode of speaking; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • hackneyed phrases — phrase which is used to often, commonplace phrase …   English contemporary dictionary

  • platitude — noun absence of meaning, banality, cliche, commonplace expression, commonplace idea, commonplace phrase, dearth of ideas, dull comment, flat saying, hackneyed expression, hackneyed idea, hackneyed phrase, hackneyed saying, inanity, insipid remark …   Law dictionary

  • Body worship — is any practice of physically reverencing a part of another person s body, and is usually done as a submissive act in the context of BDSM. Typical kinds of body worship are muscle worship, foot worship, pussy worship, cock worship (or Oral… …   Wikipedia

  • August Šenoa — (November 14, 1838 ndash; December 13, 1881) was a Croatian novelist, critic, editor, poet, and dramatist.He was a transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to… …   Wikipedia

  • cliché — n. stereotypical expression, commonplace phrase, truism …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cliche — n. stereotypical expression, commonplace phrase, truism …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cliches — n. stereotypical expression, commonplace phrase, truism …   English contemporary dictionary

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