Beigist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bland, banal, unoriginal person; a humorless bourgeois.
  2. 2
    A political centrist or politically correct person; an unphilosophical adherent to the zeitgeist.

Synonyms

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boreborebourgeoiscentristcentristconformist

Etymology

From beige + -ist. Probably coined by the comedian and actor Billy Connolly, as an antonym to the word "colourful" as applied to people.

Related phrases

politically correct

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