» For the Buzzcocks song, see Spiral Scratch (EP). Boredom is an emotional state experienced during periods lacking activity or when individuals are uninterested in the opportunities surrounding them. The first record of the word boredom is in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens, written in 1852, in which it appears six times, although the expression to be a bore had been used in the sense of "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768. Psychology Image:Challenge_vs_skill.jpg|Boredom in terms of c… (More on Boredom)