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- noun
Momentary orshort-lived boredom .
Etymologies
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micro- + boredom
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Examples
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But as it becomes more difficult to imagine a world without constant connectivity, the very concept of "microboredom" may begin to lower people's tolerance for even a second of empty time.
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Links on Twitter: Clay Shirky, Nick Kristof, microboredom »
A little creepy: name-based news aggregation » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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The goal seems to be to avoid the microboredom of having nothing to do over a very short period of time.
IEEE Spectrum 2010
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Links on Twitter: Clay Shirky, Nick Kristof, microboredom » Nieman Journalism Lab
Links on Twitter: Clay Shirky, Nick Kristof, microboredom » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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(WordSpy, n.) Boredom caused by having nothing to do over a short period of time.
June 3, 2008