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Yes, bathos is playable

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"Bathos" Definition

noun

An abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
An anticlimax.
Banality; triteness.
Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos: "a richly textured man who . . . can be . . . sentimental to the brink of bathos” ( Kenneth L. Woodward).
The sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style.

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