(v. i.) To utter platitudes or truisms.

banality bromide causerie chat chestnut chin cliche commonplace commonplace expression corn expository writing familiar tune hackneyed saying in prose language lieu commun locus communis matter of fact matter-of-fact matter-of-factness nonmetrical nonpoetic old joke old saw old song old story plain plainness platitude platitudinize prosaic prosaicism prosaicness prosaism prosiness prosing prosy rap reiteration retold story stereotyped saying talk text trite saying triticism twice-told tale unimaginative unimaginativeness unimpassioned unversified write prose yarn