trite+remark
71tag — I. /tæg / (say tag) noun 1. a piece or strip of strong paper, leather, or the like, for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label. 2. any small hanging or loosely attached part or piece; tatter. 3. a loop of material sewn on a garment… …
72bromide — ► NOUN 1) Chemistry a compound of bromine with another element or group. 2) dated a sedative preparation containing potassium bromide. 3) a trite and unoriginal idea or remark, especially one intended to placate: I was too hard headed to accept… …
73bromide — [19] Potassium bromide is used as a sedative, and it was that which inspired the American humorist Gelett Burgess’s book Are You A Bromide? (1906), in which he metaphoricized bromide as a ‘dull conventional person’. In British English it is the… …
74platitude — n. 1 a trite or commonplace remark, esp. one solemnly delivered. 2 the use of platitudes; dullness, insipidity. Derivatives: platitudinize v.intr. (also ise). platitudinous adj. Etymology: F f. plat flat, after certitude, multitudinous, etc …
