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boregasm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈboɹ.ɡæ.zəm/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɔːɡaz(ə)m/ (UK)

Etymology

From bore + -gasm.

Meanings

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable) The result of or act of reaching the apex or climax of boredom; filling one’s capacity for boredom.
    • Everyone started laughing and, just like that, we all went from being on the verge of a boregasm to off the nut! 2017 January 10, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 85:
    • “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.” 2018 August 6, Jess Anastasi, The Empty Night, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:
    • But when she starts talking about insurance, my eyes cross as I achieve boregasm. Insurance-speak is not for the faint of heart. 2019 January 8, Melissa Leong, Happy Go Money: Spend Smart, Save Right & Enjoy Life, ECW Press, →ISBN:

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