dullsvilles

plural of dullsville
as in bores
someone or something boring that book is totally dullsville—you'll be asleep by page three

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Noun
  • Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone who thinks English Heritage sites are run by bores is in for a surprise.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those bright white tees seem to be absolute stain magnets attracting coffee drips, spaghetti sauce spots, and salad dressing splashes.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hydration clinics, combined with the growing number of med spas offering intravenous vitamin drips, skin care and cosmetic procedures, have ballooned into a $15 billion wellness industry in recent years, according to the American Med Spa Association.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Dullsvilles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullsvilles. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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