boilerplate vs mundane

boilerplate

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

noun
  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

mundane

adj
  • Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly. 

  • Ordinary; not new. 

  • Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world. 

  • Tedious; repetitive and boring. 

noun
  • An unremarkable, ordinary human being. 

  • A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group. 

  • The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world. 

  • A person who is not a Satanist. 

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