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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead, mealtime conversations at Harvard have taken an upappetizing new twist. It's not abnormal to say. "I hate baseball. Not only is it stupid and boring, but the players are getting paid too much to play a kid's game. Baseball has lost its virginity. It has been infiltrated...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

We can't skip "asshole, asshole," which seems too childish and "boring" to need further comment. "Midget" is another matter. When you come down to it, what is the difference between ridiculing a player because of his race and ridiculing him because of his size? If there is a difference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: III Cheer | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

And then there's the incessant and increasingly boring "sieve." Like "midget," this has long since ceased to bear any resemblance to what the opposing goalie does. It is applied simply because of what he is; namely, the opposing goalie.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: III Cheer | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

Convertible sales may peak in a couple of years at about 50,000 to 75,000 a year, although other estimates run as high as 150,000. That would be a good market and a profitable one, but not as strong as 20 years ago. Prospective convertible buyers, however, do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deciding to Go Topless | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

After coming such a long way, you can be sure the MSU faithful would not sit passively by and watch the game Every few minutes or so. "Go Green, Go White" could be heard emanating from sections 16, 17, and 18. The infamous gong, and the chants of "Boring" from...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Spartan Supporters | 3/19/1983 | See Source »

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