Word for "state the obvious"

[Todd]

Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

[Stephen Calder]

Post by Todd
Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

To state the obvious = obviously.

Works in most contexts.

[Alexei A. Frounze]

Post by Stephen Calder

Post by Todd
Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

To state the obvious = obviously.
Works in most contexts.

And there's apparently also.

Alex

[Donna Richoux]

Post by Alexei A. Frounze

Post by Stephen Calder

Post by Todd
Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

To state the obvious = obviously.
Works in most contexts.

And there's apparently also.

Hmm, I read that several times as

And there's apparently "also."

Until I got it as

And there's "apparently," also.

[Paul Wolff]

Post by Donna Richoux

Post by Alexei A. Frounze

Post by Stephen Calder

Post by Todd
Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

To state the obvious = obviously.
Works in most contexts.

And there's apparently also.

Hmm, I read that several times as
And there's apparently "also."
Until I got it as
And there's "apparently," also.

I thought the question was about an intransitive verb meaning to "state
the obvious". Though to "Duh!" isn't a very good try, if so.

There's no obvious candidate, apparently. To triturate could be used
imaginatively, in the sense of to grind the listeners to metaphorical
dust with trite prosing and a hint of piss.

[Alexei A. Frounze]

Post by Donna Richoux

Post by Alexei A. Frounze

Post by Stephen Calder

Post by Todd
Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

To state the obvious = obviously.
Works in most contexts.

And there's apparently also.

Hmm, I read that several times as
And there's apparently "also."
Until I got it as
And there's "apparently," also.

Oh, I didn't think that would cause some ambiguity. I'm not pretending to
use the punctuation correctly. I've already forgot (or would you like
forgotten?:) half the punctuation rules in my native language for I don't
write a lot in it and the English punctuation isn't something I was taught
or learned. And in simple cases I get away without the commas.

Alex

[Brian Wickham]

As a sidebar to this thread, I remember that the late Pete Axthelm,
sportswriter for Newsweek magazine was fond of the term, "a MOTO",
which he explained was "a Master Of The Obvious". President Bush
would qualify as a MOTO.

Brian Wickham

[Martin Ambuhl]

Post by Brian Wickham
As a sidebar to this thread, I remember that the late Pete Axthelm,
sportswriter for Newsweek magazine was fond of the term, "a MOTO",
which he explained was "a Master Of The Obvious". President Bush
would qualify as a MOTO.

Hardly. GWB is quite good at *missing* the obvious.

[Pat Durkin]

Post by Todd
Is there an english or latin word that means to "state the obvious."
Other than "Duh!"

I think that "truism" may be a synonym for the expression you are asking
about:

Dictionary.com
tru·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trzm)
n. A self-evident truth. See Synonyms at cliché.

M-W.com:

Main Entry: tru·ism
Pronunciation: 'trü-"i-z&m
Function: noun
: an undoubted or self-evident truth; especially : one too obvious for
mention



However obvious the meaning is, there are those who will find the word
inadequately defined.