Bromide
Bro·mide
Bromide
n.
- A compound of bromine with a positive radical. (Chem.)
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A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang]
The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.
- a conventional or trite saying; -- often used in the phrase “old bromide”.