dullsville

American  

[duhlz-vil] / ˈdʌlz vɪl /

noun

Slang.

1. something boring or dull.

   That movie was strictly dullsville.

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dullsville British  

/ ˈdʌlzvɪl /

noun

1. a thing, place, or activity that is boring or dull

2. the state of being bored

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Etymology

Origin of dullsville

First recorded in 1960–65; dull + ’s ¹ + -ville

Example Sentences

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dullsville

The opposite of the messy woman is not the together woman; it’s the dullsville boyfriend or the substance-less sorority girl.

From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2016

The building was built in 1989, and it shows: a mountain of tinted glass and beige concrete in commercial dullsville.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2015

And the side plots involving adults are dullsville.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2011

But it also opens the way to dullsville.

From Time Magazine Archive

But gee, Agnes, to us alumni it was dullsville, collegiate, bah, bah, bah.

From Time Magazine Archive