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    [Adjective]  | "ba*nal" | \ bə-ˈnal \


    1: lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite

    Origin: 1825 ;

     Borrowed from French, "pertaining to a feudal lord's right to extract usage fees for mills, ovens, etc., within his jurisdiction, available for general use, ordinary, commonplace, trite," going back to Old French bannel "subject to a feudal lord's jurisdiction, of seigneurial authority," borrowed from Medieval Latin bannālis, banālis "ordered by a ban, invested with public authority," from bannus, bannum "order given by a public authority, authority, jurisdiction" (borrowed from Old Low Franconian *banna- "call to arms by a lord") + Latin -ālis {see: |-al:1|-al:1} {mat|ban:2|};

    [Adjective]  | "banal" 


    1: lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character;


      * e.g., " ... unlike their early work, the band's latest offering is banal and uninspiring "




    2: used or heard so often as to be dull;


      * e.g., " ... please find new ways of phrasing your thoughts instead of relying on banal expressions "



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     [ "banal" ]

    1: Boring. Overfamiliar through overuse. Bromidic.

      * e.g.,  ... Jim: You are banal and bromidic. I do not wish for your company. 

     [ "banal" ]

    1: adjective, describes something that is intended to be creative and/or thought-provoking, but is really just kind of unoriginal, pretentious, and stupid.

      * e.g.,  ... I like most of the Doors' music, but Jim Morrison's poetry is just plain banal. 

     [ "banal" ]

    1: as boring as sitting on the toilet with nothing to read.

      * e.g.,  ... me: "did you go to the golf tournament today?" 

     [ "banal" ]

    1: Area between a males balls and his anus.

      * e.g.,  ... Roger loved it when Susie licked his banal  

     [ "Banal" ]

    1: An adjective, describes something lacking in originality, obvious and boring.

      * e.g.,  ... Anal with banana is banal. 

     [ "Banal" ]

    2: Commonplace, unimaginative.

     [ "Banalism" ]

    1: A Bannana eating another bannana.

      * e.g.,  ... To do this wear a bannana costume and walk around eating a bannana. You can do this anytime of the year. You have just commited Banalism. Halloween : Yes Christmas : Yes Easter : Hell Yea 

     [ "Banality" ]

    1: Not the state or being of a banana, but the idea of banana itself

      * e.g.,  ... Because of my strong sense of banality, sometimes I subconsciously wonder how and why the existence of a banana came to be 

     [ "Banal" ]

    1: A beautiful, perfect human being. Usually male. Sometimes British. But always incredible at Rocket League.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow! Zac is banal in every way shape and form. 

     [ "Banal" ]

    1: Stale and unoriginal.

      * e.g.,  ... YOLO is such a banal saying 

     [ "Banal" ]

    2: Way to remember it

     [ "Banal" ]

    3: anal is unoriginal and stale therefore

     [ "Banal" ]

    4: Anal=banal

     [ "Banal" ]

    1: Anal. To use the word anal without people thinking you are talking about ANAL.

      * e.g.,  ... I'd love to get some banal tonight. 

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