same old-same old

A form of same old same old — A familiar, uninteresting, or tedious situation, activity, narrative, or set of facts.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsame old-same old (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of same old same old.

    "Pretty much the same old-same old," she lied with an idle shrug. "The faces change every night, but the party never ends."

    2014, Becca Sinh, The Chieftain's Daughter, →ISBN
    3 more examples

    Broadmoor didn't want the same old-same old, and so the idea, through the education committee, was to have a charter school here in Broadmoor.

    2012, Tom Wooten, We Shall Not Be Moved: Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina, →ISBN

    Many people and systems do not fully realize the seismic shift underway, a historic employment crisis, a K-wave in the United States of America and especially around the world, the new world order, yet same old-same old, until it affects them, by which time it is often too late, and there is not enough time to adjust before the sudden impact.

    2016, Bryan Fletcher, Legend of the Mighty Sparrow, →ISBN

    These routines alleviate the boredom of those “same old-same old” workouts, plus you can perform them on your usual equipment simply by modifying your routine.

    2017, Gold’s Gym, The Total Fitness Manual: Transform Your Body in 12 Weeks, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

same old-same old. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/same%20old-same%20old

MLA

“same old-same old.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/same%20old-same%20old. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “same old-same old,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/same%20old-same%20old.

Source: same old-same old on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.