Boring
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Davis both lampoons and subverts his reputation for being thin-lipped and boring.
- The Fixer Sue flat out says that she hates Riley and thinks he's boring, but gets a thin guise of "trying to help Angel"... for about three minutes, before listing every way he's terrible.
Source: Fixer Sue -
Basically, this trope is when a character is described as being "utterly unmemorable." They have a boring face, boring eyes, boring hair, they're not too tall or too short, they're not too fat or too thin, and their voice is often a monotone (but not so creepy that it's memorable).
Source: The Nondescript
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