I was thinking of the word platitude, and I thought of aristoteles because of the "plato"-like sounding thing even though apparently it comes from French. Thanks...
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2Are you thinking of a platitude?– cornbread ninja 麵包忍者Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 18:45
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Yes that was the exact word I was thinking about– Palace ChanCommented Sep 24, 2012 at 19:00
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Converted to answer.– cornbread ninja 麵包忍者Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 19:11
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2I just saw that you changed your question. It should be closed and deleted in its current form. If you roll back the edit, it might stay.– cornbread ninja 麵包忍者Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 19:12
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1No, you should not change your question this way after anybody asked to its original form. I endorse cornbread's call to close.– user19148Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 19:54
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Are you thinking of a platitude?
An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
From Wikipedia:
A platitude is a trite, meaningless, biased, or prosaic statement, often presented as if it were significant and original. The word derives from plat, the French word for "flat."
Examples:
"The power of friendship"
"Go with the flow"
"Everything happens for a reason"
"It is what it is!"
"If it's meant to be, it's meant to be"
"We need to do what we can do"
answered Sep 24, 2012 at 19:10
