Banalities
the condition or quality of being b-n-l, or devoid of freshness or originality:
the b-n-lity of everyday life.
an instance of this:
we sat around the dinner table exchanging b-n-lities.
n.
1861, triteness, from french b-n-lité “b-n-lity, commonplace,” from b-n-l (see b-n-l).
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