Word: triteness
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...come hither” stare. But the capriciousness symbolized by my monthly dose of fashion and fornication tips leave a stale taste in my mouth. Reading about boyfriend tips and diet fads—in general my mindless Saturday afternoon activity—has become, to some extent, trite or insipid...
...because the American people thought they would quickly see action. But yesterday, when Bush announced his plan for airport safety, his statement, “We will do everything we can to achieve our objective, which is to root out and destroy global terrorism,” was more trite than triumphant...
...time when rhetoric can seem empty and trite, ordinary Americans’ response to this crisis is more heartening than any presidential speech or retaliatory attack. As a New York firefighter grabbed his hat and prepared to dive back into the dust and debris, a reporter asked why in the world he was returning. He replied that he was not trying to be a hero but was simply trying to save his friends and colleagues inside the disaster zone. “I think you’d do the same,” he said...
...Written with poet Mason Hoffenberg, Southern's best-remembered comic novel, "Candy" (1964) had a curious history: first published in 1958 under the pseudonym "Maxwell Kenton" by the Paris-based Olympia Press (a firm that printed trite erotica and debuted groundbreaking works like "Lolita" and "Naked Lunch"), the book fell into a strange copyright limbo on these shores. In interviews, Southern quoted the book's sales at 7 million - it was a "New York Times" bestseller in its official U.S. edition, but thousands of copies were sold through bootleg printings of the book by no-name publishing houses, marketed...
...road. We go there and just spontaneously play, and whatever happens happens. Ryan writes all the lyrics, and it’s something I really admire him for, because it’s tough to write lyrics that don’t end up sounding cheesy or trite yet aren’t so abstract and can still mean something to people...