white-bread
Safely middle-class
White-bread describes something bland, conventional, and associated with mainstream white American culture—the suburban middle class with its perceived lack of edge or diversity.
The term derives from the soft, processed bread that dominated American kitchens before artisanal varieties became fashionable: a white-bread upbringing in the suburbs, The neighborhood was pretty white-bread.
Often mildly dismissive.
Dominant cultural current
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- blandLacking distinctive qualities
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- unoriginalNot new or novel
predictable · stereotypical · commonplace · homogeneous · cookie-cutter · vanilla · unadventurous · uninspired
Baked bread shape
- slicedDivided by cutting
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- processedSubjected to operations
enriched · soft · spongy · packaged · preservatives · mass-produced · store-bought · lunchbox
Street closed at end
- HOAResidential community organization
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- commuterOne who travels regularly
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
middle-class · WASP · yuppie · bourgeois · PTA · minivan · conformist · preppy
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
unoriginal · predictable · stereotypical · commonplace · homogeneous · cookie-cutter · vanilla · unadventurous · uninspired · prosaic
loaf
Baked bread shape
processed · enriched · soft · spongy · packaged · preservatives · mass-produced · store-bought · lunchbox · PB&J
cul-de-sac
Street closed at end
- HOAResidential community organization
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- commuterOne who travels regularly
suburbia · middle-class · WASP · yuppie · bourgeois · PTA · minivan · conformist · preppy
white-breadmulticultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
diverse · edgy · ethnic · cosmopolitan · countercultural
white-breadextraordinary
Beyond what's typical
interesting · remarkable · unusual · special · peculiar
white, bread, wheat, whitish, whiter, white-out, whiteness, whitened, whitest