plain-va|nil|la

plain-va|nil|la
plain-va|nil|la «PLAYN vuh NIHL uh», adjective U.S. Informal.
ordinary; without embellishment; run-of-the-mill: »

Academic America…obligates with-it deans to create jobs (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist,…even plain-vanilla theoretical) (Washington Times).


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