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- Bromide_(language) abstract "A bromide is a phrase or platitude that, having been employed excessively, suggests insincerity or a lack of originality in the speaker.The term "bromide" derives from the antiquated use of bromide salts in medicine as mild tranquilizers and sedatives. Administration of a "bromide" (such as the original Bromo-Seltzer before 1975 in the U.S.) would relieve anxiety and make the patient drowsy. Describing a phrase as a "bromide" is meant humorously to imply that it is a verbal sedative: a boring statement with similar soporific properties.In 1906, the author Gelette Burgess published a book called Are You a Bromide? in which he referred to boring people as "bromides."".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageID "1868986".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageLength "1061".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageOutDegree "8".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageRevisionID "680108666".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Bromide.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Bromo-Seltzer.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Figures_of_speech.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Cliché.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Gelett_Burgess.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Gelette_Burgess.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Platitude.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Sedative.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLink Trope_(literature).
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bromide (language)".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bromide".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLinkText "bromide".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLinkText "bromides".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLinkText "lyric "run-around"".
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageWikiLinkText "platitudes".
- Bromide_(language) hasPhotoCollection Bromide_(language).
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:One_source.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Ref_improve.
- Bromide_(language) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Wiktionary.
- Bromide_(language) subject Category:Figures_of_speech.
- Bromide_(language) hypernym Phrase.
- Bromide_(language) type Person.
- Bromide_(language) comment "A bromide is a phrase or platitude that, having been employed excessively, suggests insincerity or a lack of originality in the speaker.The term "bromide" derives from the antiquated use of bromide salts in medicine as mild tranquilizers and sedatives. Administration of a "bromide" (such as the original Bromo-Seltzer before 1975 in the U.S.) would relieve anxiety and make the patient drowsy.".
- Bromide_(language) label "Bromide (language)".
- Bromide_(language) wasDerivedFrom Bromide_(language)?oldid=680108666.
- Bromide_(language) isPrimaryTopicOf Bromide_(language).