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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| platitude | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| commonplace | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| banality | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| bromide | /x | Noun, Noun |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| corny | /x | Noun |
| cheesy | /x | Noun |
| overused | xx/ | Adjective |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| stereotype | /xxx | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| trope | x | Noun |
| lame | / | Noun |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| overdone | /x/ | Verb |
| sappy | /x | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| buzzword | /x | Noun |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| catchphrase | // | Noun |
| bland | / | Noun |
| tautology | //xx | Noun |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| adage | /x | Noun |
| repetitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| unrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| repetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| catchall | /x | Noun |
| copy and paste | /x// | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun |
| flier | /x | Noun |
| gloom and doom | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| tongue twister | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| nothing else for it | /x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| cutout | /x | Noun |
| death trap | // | Phrase, Noun |
| death blow | // | Phrase, Noun |
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun |
| overworked | xx/ | Adjective |
| hoary | /x | Adjective |
| sentimentality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| plaque | / | Noun |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| slogan | /x | Noun |
| tired | /x | Adjective |
| petrarchan | x/x | Adjective |
| threadbare | /x | Adjective |
| journalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| paraphrase | /xx | Verb |
| worn | / | Adjective |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| cinematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective |
| pardon | /x | Verb |
| something | /x | Noun |
| twist | / | Noun |
| stale | / | Adjective |
| sounds | / | Verb, Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun |
| avoidance | x/x | Noun |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| accepted | x/x | Adjective |
| recourse | /x | Noun |
| genre | /x | Noun |
| degenerated | x/xxx | Verb |
| coin | / | Noun |
| bit | / | Noun |
| remark | x/ | Verb |
| resorting | x/x | Verb |
| circles | /x | Noun |
| dates | / | Noun, Verb |
| journalism | /xxx | Noun |
| reversal | x/x | Noun |
| comforting | /xx | Adjective |
| movies | /x | Noun |
| venerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| fashionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| romantic | x/x | Adjective |
| old | / | Adjective |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| apt | / | Adjective |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| ridden | /x | Verb |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| theatrical | x/xx | Adjective |
| excuse | x/ | Verb |
| handy | /x | Adjective |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective |
| favorite | /xx | Adjective |
| repeating | x/x | Verb |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| reliance | x/x | Noun |
| artist | /x | Noun |
| freudian | /xx | Adjective |
| favourite | x/ | Adjective |
| myth | / | Noun |
| avoids | x/ | Verb |
| pious | /x | Adjective |
| convention | x/x | Noun |
| racist | /x | Adjective |
| weary | /x | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| quote | / | Verb |
| writing | /x | Noun |
| meaning | /x | Verb |
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| modernist | /xx | Adjective |
| truth | / | Noun |
| goes | / | Verb |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| reverses | x/x | Verb |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| popular | /xx | Adjective |
| forgive | x/ | Verb |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| victorian | x/xx | Adjective |
| films | / | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cliché | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| gambit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| layout | /x | Noun |
| photo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| photograph | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| picture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shot | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| snapshot | /x | Noun, Verb |
| topos | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
