Platitude

A Platitude is a selfish creature, and never very grateful unless he expects a continuance of past favors.

The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors George Douglass Sherley 1887

London, and then again from a brother-author, who describes a silly and intrusive Anglican parson, called Platitude, as a puppet in the hands of

Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 George Henry Borrow 1842

We are off to a torrid pace in today's game of Platitude Bingo.

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011

We are off to a torrid pace in today's game of Platitude Bingo.

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011

The question is should we construct a separate Pantheon of Platitude or should we just add a wing to an existing structure, like the Capitol building or White House, where so much of this stuff has a natural home.

Bob Franken: Insincerity Hall of Fame?: Just Asking 2009

Platitude! is an overlong and lame and not even very accurate sendup of Hollywood cliches, but it gave Lawrence and Howes and Alda a chance to do some clowning around.

WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? [Re-Post] Jaime J. Weinman 2007

Platitude! is an overlong and lame and not even very accurate sendup of Hollywood cliches, but it gave Lawrence and Howes and Alda a chance to do some clowning around.

Archive 2007-12-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007

Platitude - An idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone,and (b) that is not true.

Easter Lemming Liberal News 2006

“Old Platitude always thinks that the world is coming to an end,” said Currie.

The American Senator 2004

Platitude tried to fling himself down; and then there were various evolutions withinside the pale, and the scarlet figures got up and sat down; and this kind of thing continued for some time.

Lavengro 2004