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bromidic

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bro·mid·ic  (br-mdk)
adj.
Stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse; clichéd: bromidic gags in sitcoms.
bromidic [brəʊˈmɪdɪk]
adj
ordinary; dull
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Adj.1.bromidic - given to uttering bromides
2.bromidic - dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"
corny, platitudinal, platitudinous
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham


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His not-so-subtle attack on the only insurance policy us older people have is couched in bromidic panacea meant to assure younger people that gambling with their money is a ``God-given right.
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Here he uses two styles: the bromidic everyday language of the high schoolers, a mixture of dating gossip and philosophic maundering, and the vital, violent, obscene diatribes of the furballs, denunciatory catalogues that become a kind of demented poetry.
Sincerity Forever by Weales, Gerald / Commonweal
magazine interview with Jane Howard more than 15 years ago, that, bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers.
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