"Boilerplate" has that meaning, but without the connotation that the person using it is automatically a moron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_%28text

"Boilerplate" has that meaning, but without the connotation that the person using it is automatically a moron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_%28text%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_%28text%29 See also: Simon Peyton-Jones's "Scrap Your Boilerplate" papers (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/hmap/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers...)