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This designates either a subject at school/university, which studies some phenomenon that no one is ever curious about, or a topic of conversation that is absolutely stultifying (boring beyond one's ability to cope). Formation: "boring" (Eng. adj.) + "-atics" (Gr. suffix, meaning "the science of") Etymology: Created on the spur of the moment by etymology-savvy internauts Semantically related to: Umberto Eco's "tetrapiloctomia" - the (intellectual) activity of splitting hairs Lexically related to: pragmatics
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