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    [Noun]  | "ba*nal*i*ty" | \ bə-ˈna-lə-tē \


    1: something that lacks originality, freshness, or novelty : something banal : commonplace

    2: the quality or state of lacking new or interesting qualities : the quality or state of being banal


    Origin: 1821 ;

     Borrowed from French banalité, from banal "available for general use, commonplace, {see: |banal|banal}" + -ité {see: |-ity|-ity};

      * Note : The modern French word is probably an eighteenth-century coinage, and not continuous with Middle French bannalité "a feudal lord's right to extract usage fees, area under such a jurisdiction.";

    [Noun]  | "banality" 


    1: an idea or expression that has been used by many people;


      * e.g., " ... another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities "



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

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

     [ "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. 

     [ "Banal" ]

    1: Banal means that something—say, a movie or a TV show—is so uninspired and derivative that, even if you've never seen it before, you'll feel like you already have.

      * e.g.,  ... "Another zombie movie?! These films are so banal." 

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