Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.
A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
A drama exemplifying a proverb.
A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
To name in, or as, a proverb.
To write or utter proverbs.
To provide with a proverb.