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dullsville

American  
[duhlz-vil] / ˈdʌlz vɪl /

noun

Slang.
  1. something boring or dull.

    That movie was strictly dullsville.


dullsville British  
/ ˈdʌlzvɪl /

noun

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

  2. the state of being bored

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dullsville

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


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

From Time Magazine Archive

But it also opens the way to dullsville.

From Time Magazine Archive

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