[f. BORE v.2 + -ING1.] The practice of annoying and wearying others; behaving as a bore.

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1868.  Helps, Realmah, iii. (1876), 40. Boring has become a fine art.

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1880.  Grant White, Every-Day Eng., 304. It [interviewing] … makes boring a paid profession.

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