platitude
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If you've been following Conor's various impressions over the last year or so, you'll immediately recognize these two caricatures: The obliviously arrogant Ian Poulter and Tiger "The Sentient Platitude" Woods.
From Golf Digest • May 15, 2019
Not for nothing is he known to the press corps as David Platitude.
From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013
"Old Platitude always thinks that the world is coming to an end," said Currie.
From The American Senator by Trollope, Anthony
A limited number of the Platitude class still linger about me—principally on account of a long-contracted habit.
From The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors by Sherley, George Douglass
Platitude though this may be, our greatest poets have not hesitated to use their highest powers to impress it upon us.
From Socialism: Positive and Negative by La Monte, Robert Rives
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