e/Bromide (language)

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has glosseng: A bromide is a figure of speech referring to a phrase or person who uses such phrases that has been used and repeated so many times as to become either insincere in its meaning, or seem like an attempt at trying to explain the obvious. It can also mean the unnecessary insertion of an (often irrelevant) cliché into a conversation, designed to make the speaker sound more authoritative.
lexicalizationeng: bromide
instance of(noun) a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
rhetorical device
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has glossdeu: Als Binsenweisheit oder Binsenwahrheit bezeichnet man einen Gemeinplatz oder eine allgemein bekannte Information. Der Begriff wird insbesondere dann verwendet, wenn zum Ausdruck gebracht werden soll, dass eine als interessant vorgetragene Erkenntnis im Grunde keinen besonderen Wert hat.
lexicalizationdeu: Binsenweisheit

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