Definitions for ho-humˈhoʊˈhʌm, -ˌhʌm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ho-humˈhoʊˈhʌm, -ˌhʌm(interj.)
(an exclamation expressing boredom, weariness, or contempt.)
Category: Common Vocabulary
(adj.)dull; routine.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of ho-hum:
1920–25
Princeton's WordNet
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome(adj)
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
"a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Wiktionary
ho-hum(Adjective)
Boring; not interesting or novel.
She wore ho-hum clothes, but practical ones.
ho-hum(Interjection)
Used to express boredom, disinterest or lack of novelty.
Look at all this paperwork. Ho-hum!
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