bromide

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 9, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>bromide</strong> &#149; \BROH-myde\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> a binary compound of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bromine">bromine</a> with another element or a <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radical#h2">radical</a> including some (such as <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potassium%20bromide">potassium bromide</a>) used as sedatives</p> <p><strong>2 a :</strong> a commonplace or tiresome person <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bore#h5">bore</a></p> <p><strong>b :</strong> a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"In many ways, he's an outlier on the self-help circuit. Thomas isn't selling shortcuts to success or feel-good <em>bromides</em>. He makes achievement sound grueling. His knack is for transforming those he meets—a CEO, an NBA All-Star, a guy manning the desk at a hotel—into the sort of person who loves digging deep and grinding hard." — <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/eric-thomas-life-coach-profile">Leslie Pariseau, <em>GQ</em>, 28 May 2020</a></p> <p>"Currently, Virginia's leaders are engaged in a tax debate over standard deductions for the middle class. Studying that problem would be a <em>bromide</em> that induces inertia. What is needed is action." — <a href="https://www.richmond.com/opinion/columnists/l-scott-lingamfelter-column-leaders-must-stop-procrastinating-make-changes-in-virginias-tax-system-now/article_7c55813a-40ef-5ffa-a75f-8465856f66b4.html">L. Scott Lingamfelter, <em>The</em> <em>Richmond (Virginia) Times Dispatch</em>, 20 Jan. 2019</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>After <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bromine">bromine</a> was discovere