Timeline for What is the word for a sentence that initially sounds profound or deep, that is, in fact, meaningless or empty?
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| Oct 27, 2014 at 23:47 | vote | accept | johnc | ||
| Oct 27, 2014 at 12:49 | answer | added | cowls | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 27, 2014 at 10:52 | comment | added | geotheory | A Donnie Darko. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 15:15 | answer | added | chiastic-security | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 12:16 | answer | added | rumtscho | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 25, 2014 at 20:10 | comment | added | KutuluMike | how about "a tweet" | |
| Oct 25, 2014 at 20:05 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @AE I was just going to say "philosophy" :-) . Or maybe, "spaaaaace!" | |
| Oct 25, 2014 at 17:01 | answer | added | Tim Lymington | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 25, 2014 at 9:57 | comment | added | JenSCDC | Sounds like B.S. to me. | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 21:58 | comment | added | Curtis H. | Related (but arguably not duplicate) question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/158600/… | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 18:57 | comment | added | A E | 'Fauxlosophy' also a possibility. | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 18:00 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Oct 24, 2014 at 16:50 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Or "superheated plasma"? | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 16:31 | answer | added | Echelon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 16:25 | comment | added | Hot Licks | How about "torrid zephyr"? | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 16:15 | comment | added | neminem | I like this one: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IceCreamKoan | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 14:29 | answer | added | Nsw | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 14:05 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/525649178534219779 | ||
| Oct 24, 2014 at 13:23 | answer | added | cms_mgr | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 6:44 | comment | added | Kris | "profound and deep"? | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 4:09 | answer | added | Jasper Locke | timeline score: 17 | |
| S Oct 24, 2014 at 4:05 | history | suggested | user72323 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added tag 'single-word-requests' and changed title
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 3:14 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 1:21 | answer | added | blahdiblah | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:40 | answer | added | ermanen | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:35 | comment | added | bib | Shakespeare (and Faulkner) had a phrase for it - a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:27 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 21 | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:09 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:08 | comment | added | johnc | Great article, thanks, exactly the concept I'm searching for a word for | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:05 | comment | added | A E | Philosopher Stephen Law has written about 'pseudo-profundity', 'deepity' and 'trite-nalogy': stephenlaw.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/… The term 'false profundity' is also an option. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 23:01 | answer | added | jakePhilly | timeline score: 51 | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 22:49 | history | asked | johnc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |