boregasm

English

Etymology

From bore +‎ -gasm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːɡaz(ə)m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboɹ.ɡæ.zəm/

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Noun

boregasm (countable and uncountable, plural boregasms)

1. (slang) The result of or act of reaching the apex or climax of boredom; filling one’s capacity for boredom.
   • 2017 January 10, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches‎, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 85:

     Everyone started laughing and, just like that, we all went from being on the verge of a boregasm to off the nut!

   • 2018 August 6, Jess Anastasi, The Empty Night‎, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:

     “Keep it up, I might just have a boregasm.” “Boregasm?” Rian repeated skeptically. “It's like when you reach peak boredom. Which I'm going to. Any second now.”

   • 2019 January 8, Melissa Leong, Happy Go Money: Spend Smart, Save Right & Enjoy Life‎, ECW Press, →ISBN:

     But when she starts talking about insurance, my eyes cross as I achieve boregasm. Insurance-speak is not for the faint of heart.