chestnut

burnished copper russet rust tan

brownish copper-colored metallic brown reddish-brown reddish-tan

amber bay beige bister brick bronze buff chocolate cinnamon cocoa coffee copper drab dust ecru fawn ginger hazel henna khaki mahogany nut brown ochre puce russet rust sepia sorrel tan toast umber

auburn burnt sienna snuff-colored tawny terra-cotta

episode gag narration narrative reminiscence short story sketch tale tall tale yarn

incident recital relation

fairy tale fish story long and short of it old chestnut tall story

brown copper hazel henna russet rust titian

platitude

adage boiler buzzword corn hokum plate saw trivia triviality truism

cliché dullsville familiar tune high camp old chestnut old saw prosaicism prosaism trite phrase

coinage nuance original saying

adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword commonplace corn counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triteness triviality truism vapid expression

banality bromide corn inanity motto platitude prose shallowness shibboleth stereotype tag triteness

cliché prosaicism prosaism rubber-stamp triviality truism

coinage nuance

antic buffoonery burlesque caper caprice clowning drollery epigram escapade farce frolic gag gambol game horseplay humor jape jest lark laugh mischief mummery one-liner parody

bon mot hoodwinking monkeyshine payof

seriousness tragedy

antic farce gag humor laugh one-liner parody prank pun stunt trick wisecrack

buffoonery burlesque caper caprice clowning drollery epigram escapade frolic game ha-ha hoodwinking horseplay jape jest lark mischief mummery payoff play pleasantry put on quirk raillery repartee revel sally saw shenanigan sport spree tomfoolery vagary whimsy witticism yarn

bon mot monkeyshine shaggy-dog story snow job

seriousness tragedy

work

banality bromide

buzzword commonplace corn evenness flatness hokum inanity insipidity monotony motto potboiler proverb saw shibboleth stereotype tag triteness triviality truism vapidity verbiage

boiler plate cliché familiar tune hackneyed saying high camp old chestnut old story prosaicism trite remark

coinage nuance

cardinal coral crimson flaming glowing maroon rose wine

blooming blush brick burgundy carmine cerise cherry claret copper dahlia fuchsia garnet geranium infrared magenta pink puce ruby russet rust salmon sanguine scarlet titian vermilion

bloodshot florid flushed healthy inflamed roseate rosy rubicund ruddy rufescent

fiction rumor yarn

canard clothesline defamation detraction exaggeration fabrication falsehood falsity fib lie misrepresentation prevarication rigmarole scandal slander spiel untruth

cock-and-bull story tall story untruism

truth

honesty praise

nonfiction