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Boring is an adjective describing something that causes boredom. Boring may also refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Boredom is a condition characterized by perception of ones environment as dull, tedious, and lacking stimuli. ...

• Boring (mechanical), a mechanical engineering term referring to the formation of a cylindrical hole in a solid material
  • Tunnel boring machine (TBM) and Microtunnel Boring Machines (MTBM), machines used in boring tunnels or shafts
  • Earth-boring dung beetles, a family of beetles that excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs
• Boring club, a bidding system in contract bridge designed by Lucas Smid of the Netherlands

As a name: Boring, in this sense, is the process of drilling a hole into the solid Earth. ... A tunnel boring machine that was used at Yucca Mountain. ... Genera See text. ... Boring club (or in Dutch: Saaie klaver) is a bidding system in contract bridge designed by Lucas Smid of the Netherlands. ...

• Boring, Oregon
  • Boring Lava Field
• Edwin G. Boring, one of the first historians of psychology
• Wayne Boring, comic book artist best known for Superman in the 1940s and 1950s

In arts and entertainment: Wood mill in Boring. ... The Boring Lava Field is an extinct Plio-Pleistocene volcanic zone with at least 32 cinder cones and small shield volcanoes lying within a radius of 13 miles of Kelly Butte, which is approximately 4 miles east of downtown Portland, Oregon. ... Edwin Garrigues Boring (1886-1968) is one of the first historians of psychology. ... Wayne Boring (born 1905, Minnesota; died 1987) is an American comic book artist, most known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s. ...

• "Boring" (Young Ones episode), the 3rd episode of British sitcom The Young Ones, broadcast in 1982
• "Being Boring", a single by the British pop group the Pet Shop Boys
• David Boring, the title character of Daniel Clowes's graphic novel of the same name
• Heartache Is Boring, the debut album by singer Ainjel Emme, released in 2003
• "History of a Boring Town", a single by Less Than Jake
• The Boring Report, a four-part series originally broadcast on Melbourne's Channel 31

Boring was the third episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. ... The capitalization of song titles in this article may be disputed. ... David Boring is a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes starring an ordinary twenty-something named Boring, his lesbian best friend/roommate Dot, and their sometimes fantastic and othertimes mundane adventures in and out of big city life. ... Heartache Is Boring is the debut album by singer Ainjel Emme, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio with heavy punk rock influences. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

See also

• Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring, a mnemonic for remembering how to reboot a near-frozen Linux computer
• Ivan Boring on Swedish Wikipedia

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