| foolishness |
| futility |
| gushiness(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush) |
| hackneyed phrase(noun, expression, commonplace, saying, chestnut) |
| hackneyed saying(noun, expression, dull, dullness, commonplace) |
| high camp(noun, expression, dull, dullness, commonplace) |
| hokum(noun, dull, dullness, commonplace, tag) |
| idleness |
| inconsequence(noun, unimportance) |
| irrelevance(noun, unimportance) |
| maudlinism(noun, sentiment, sentimentality, slush, soppiness) |
| maudlinness(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush) |
| mawkishness(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush) |
| melodrama(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush) |
| melodramatics(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush) |
| minutia(noun, unimportance) |
| monotony(noun, dull, dullness, commonplace, tag) |
| motto(noun, dull, dullness, commonplace, triviality) |
| mushiness(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush) |
| old chestnut(noun, expression, dull, dullness, commonplace) |