ho-humint.
/ˈhəʊhʌm/ = hum int. (usually as an expression of boredom). Also as n.v. As adj., dull and routine.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > expression of weariness or tedium [interjection]
ho-hum1924
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > utter expression of tedium
heigh-ho1824
ho-hum1962
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity
weariness1560
insipid1699
prose1743
bore1778
insipidity1822
ennui1849
yawn1889
palaver1920
bind1930
binder1930
corn1936
yawner1942
ho-hum1963
vicarage tea party1973
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety
humdrum1553
humdrumming1698
humdrummish1731
monotonous1774
samely1799
jog-trot1826
jog-jog1837
jog-trotty1853
same1891
clock-punching1920
monotone1926
samey1929
ho-hum1969
rumdum1973
1924 Dial. Notes 5 270 Oh ho hum (vex[ation] or dis[gust]).
1962 Listener 4 Oct. 536/3 Listing last week's dramas I find scarcely enough straw to make a useful brickbat:..the return, ho-hum, of Maigret.
1962 John o' London's 10 May 460/3 Mr. Ustinov sits there..blinking, double-talking and ho-humming.
1963 M. Duggan in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 101 His mouth served out its lying old hohums.
1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Sept. 2/3 People are pretty ho-hum on most parts of the [Vancouver] Island right now..but if anything does happen, they will be the first to cry for damages.
1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 14/1 So the Composers' Guild of Great Britain wants the Arts Council to twist the arms of orchestral managements to make them perform more works by British composers. Ho-hum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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