blandoid
A playful slang insult for someone who is aggressively, almost impressively boring — a person so lacking in personality, opinion, or edge that they seem almost robotic in their dullness.
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A playful slang insult for someone who is aggressively, almost impressively boring — a person so lacking in personality, opinion, or edge that they seem almost robotic in their dullness. The '-oid' suffix gives it a sci-fi flavour, suggesting the person is not quite fully human in their spectacular ordinariness. Used lightly among friends to mock someone who plays it safe on every front: in opinions, fashion, music taste, and conversation.
Every date she went on through the app turned out to be a total blandoid who wanted to talk about meal prep and his commute.
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(slang) A bland, uninteresting person.
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