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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Blandly conventional, especially when considered as typical of white middle-class America.

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  • adjective US, pejorative conventional and boring

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  • adjective of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class

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From white bread.

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