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Although it has not been widely studied, research on boredom suggests that boredom is a major factor impacting diverse areas of a person's life. People ranked low on a boredom-proneness scale were found to have better performance in a wide variety of aspects of their lives, including career, education, and autonomy. [ 31 ]
The American Heritage Dictionary claims that the word is derived from "spiggoty", possibly from the Spanglish phrase "No speak the English". [22] Wog: The cacophemism "wog", for a foreigner or person of colour, is sometimes believed to be an acronym for "wily Oriental gentleman". It is more likely to be a shortening of "golliwog". [23] [24] [25]
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
Boredom, tedium, ennui, is an emotional or psychological state of mind. Boredom may also refer to: Boredoms, a Japanese rock band; Wolf W-11 Boredom Fighter, a 1979 biplane designed to resemble WWI fighters; The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya, aka Boredom, a 2003 novel of the Suzumiya Haruhi light novel series
"Ennui" or "Boredom", a song by Modest Mussorgsky in his Sunless song cycle "Ennui", a painting by Walter Sickert; Ennui, a character from The Ridonculous Race;
Many try to avoid boredom, but it serves a purpose. A cognitive neuroscientist explains why people get bored and how to turn boredom into a motivational jump-start. Feeling bored has a purpose.
Use boredom as a motivator. Feeling bored is uncomfortable, but if you lean into the feeling — instead of pushing away from it — you will learn more about your likes and dislikes, as well as ...
Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2008. Jaan Puhvel. Hittite Etymological Dictionary. 10 vols. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1984–present. Hungarian. Gábor Zaicz. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes ...