When a horse gently brings his head even slightly in your direction, it is affection and acknowledgement (unless you are holding a treat in your hand or pocket, then it is probably about the treat). The low, soft ânickeringâ sounds they make at each other are other ways they show affection. However, love is the great carrot and the great treat. Real, unconditional love is the best form of affection and the greatest gift we can bring to our horses.
platitude - a trite or obvious remark. banality, cliche, commonplace, bromide. comment, remark, input - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account. truism - an obvious truth.
1 One of the saving graces (there's a platitude) is the ability to laugh now and then. 2  Without that, going on might be impossible.. ( 3 Charles Bukowski, Notes of a Dirty Old Man. Absence of the Hero, ed. by David Stephen Calonne. 4  City Lights Books, 2010).efinition: A trite and obvious observation, in particular one that's expressed as if it were fresh and significant. Adjectives: platitudinous and platitudinal. Verb: platitudinize. A person who habitually uses platitudes or cliches clichÃ©s is a. Platitudinarian see: 1  Also. 2  Catchphrase.  chunk