Word of the Day: Garden-variety
From time to time you may hear someone referring to something such as a housecat, for instance, as being garden-variety.
Referring to something as garden-variety means that it is ubiquitous and ordinary, or in other words, nothing special.
Most regular people lead garden-variety lives by living in ubiquitous apartments, having ordinary jobs and driving average cars.
Most of us live normal lives and have very little happen to us that is unusual.
The next time you go to a restaurant and feel that it is OK but nothing special, you can say that it is a garden-variety restaurant and nothing to write home about.