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no fun at parties en · ADJ
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) boring or pedantic
Serious inductive philosophers are also no fun at parties because they are like little experience-sponges, constantly soaking up new information for their pet thesis.
2007, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 263:“The circle you draw is but a poor shadow of the real, eternal idea of a circle.” This is kind of dense, and rumor has it that Plato was no fun at parties.
2009, Jr. Ph. D. Davis, Carlos W., Never Learn to Milk a Cow: A Psychologist Writes to His Teenage Children, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 7:Of course there is the self-righteous minority convinced that while they may not be perfect, they are pretty close. It is best to avoid these people altogether. They are no fun at parties and, for the most part, are generally irritating the rest of the time.
1996, Lewis A. Groce, Fear Not!: A Layperson's Survival Guide to Theology, CSS Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:
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