bromide's

Updated: May 27, 2025

The Bromide's euphemisms are the slang of her caste. When she departs from her visit, she says: "I've had a perfectly charming time." "It's SO good of you to have asked me!" "Now, DO come and see us!" And when her caller leaves, her mind springs with a snap to fasten the time-worn farewell: "Now you have found the way, do come often!"

Gelett Burgess - Are You a Bromide? : The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplified According to the Most Recent Researches into the Psychology of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now in Use