noun General Slang

Dullsville

/ˈdʌlzvɪl/ · noun · slang

A state of total boredom — a dreary, lifeless place or situation.

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Definitions

1

Used as a flat verdict on anything tedious.

“Square town, square jobs — dullsville.”
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2

A boring situation, scene, or place; the opposite of where the action is.

“That party was strictly dullsville.”
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3

A dreary frame of mind or mood with no excitement in it.

“I've been stuck in dullsville all week.”
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Dullsville In A Sentence

The suburbs? Population: dullsville.
His lecture was dullsville from the first word.
No music, no poets, no kicks — pure dullsville.

Origin & Usage

Part of the 1950s American craze for the mock-place-name suffix '-ville,' which jazz and beat slang used to coin words like 'splitsville' and 'endsville.' 'Dullsville' named boredom as if it were a town you were trapped in.

Variants dullsville, man
Tags #beatnik#1950s#beat-generation#vintage#boredom

People Also Ask

What does dullsville mean in slang?

It means total boredom — a dreary place or situation with nothing exciting going on. Calling something 'dullsville' was a flat dismissal.

Where did dullsville come from?

From the 1950s fad of the mock-town suffix '-ville,' used in jazz and beat slang to coin words like 'splitsville.' Dullsville named boredom as an imaginary town.

What's the opposite of dullsville?

Anywhere with real action and excitement — beatniks would say a happening scene was 'the most' or 'gone,' the opposite of dullsville.

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