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A banality or cliché

A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend

A word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea

Something said to cause amusement or laughter

An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

Characterized by overuse to the point of being uninteresting

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Noun

A banality or cliché

Noun

A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend

traditional story

piece of fiction

creative writing

old wives' tale

science fiction

false knowledge

superstitious belief

work of fiction

work of imagination

shaggy-dog story

traditional stories

received wisdom

cock and bull story

traveller's tale

oral literature

traditional beliefs

sword and sorcery

old wives' tales

imaginative writing

prose literature

works of fiction

works of the imagination

traditional wisdom

fictional account

long and short of it

adventure story

firsthand account

overelaboration

characterization

lengthy explanation

the whole picture

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Noun

A word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea

choice of words

idiomatic expression

words of wisdom

pearls of wisdom

figure of speech

pearl of wisdom

way of speaking

popular expression

mode of expression

way of putting things

a few words of wisdom

signature phrase

characterization

fixed expression

sentential function

sentence construction

propositional function

hackneyed phrase

threadbare phrase

vapid expression

overworked saying

hackneyed saying

fifteen minutes of fame

photo opportunity

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Noun

Something said to cause amusement or laughter

double entendre

shaggy-dog story

black humour^UK

shaggy dog story

good-natured remark

sardonic remark

witty communication

amusing anecdote

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

snappy comeback

humorous moment

light-hearted moment

suggested meaning

figure of speech

figurative expression

nice turn of phrase

witty conversation

pleasant conversation

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Noun

An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

shaggy-dog story

firsthand account

long and short of it

work of fiction

work of imagination

creative writing

fictional account

traveller's tale

cock and bull story

characterization

front-page news

piece of fiction

potted biography

the whole picture

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

sequence of events

written account

why and wherefore

womansplanation

particularization

critical analysis

written material

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Adjective

Characterized by overuse to the point of being uninteresting

run-of-the-mill

undistinguished

common or garden

middle-of-the-road

dull as dishwater

no great shakes

nothing to write home about

unsophisticated

run of the mill

past their sell-by date

nothing special

lacking interest

lacking excitement

nothing to get excited about

lacking variety

standardized^US

standardised^UK

conventionalized

inconsequential

run-of-the-mine

blending into the background

lacking variation

unextraordinary

readily available

widely available

run-of-the mill

not amounting to much

well established

straightforward

soul-destroying

dull as ditchwater

unexceptionable

undemonstrative

non-stimulating

unobjectionable

devoid of emotion

fair-to-middling

fair to middling

unprepossessing

lacking in vitality

devoid of feeling

without variety

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

uncommunicative

behind the times

incomprehensible

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

neither one thing nor the other

middle of the road

anesthetized^US

par for the course

nothing out of the ordinary

anaesthetised^UK

in the doldrums

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

uncompassionate

desensitized^US

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

pure and simple

lacking originality

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