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A person who mistakes talking for thinking out loud at you.
means Someone (or something) so dull, repetitive, or tediously self-absorbed that they drain your attention and patience.
from Oddly, nobody's fully sure. The word surfaced in English in the 18th century meaning 'tedious person or thing,' right around the same time 'bore' meant 'to drill a hole' — and some have guessed the two are related, as if a tiresome person drills into your patience the way an auger drills into wood. It's a tempting image, but etymologists treat the link as unproven, not fact. The honest answer: its origin is murky, and the tool-and-tedium connection is a nice story more than a documented one.
- origin
- 18th century, cause unknown, like most bores
- physics
- same energy as a drill, inverted purpose
- tell
- asks no questions, needs no answers
- cure
- none found, interruption only treats symptoms