snore-age
n.— «Storage may not be the sexiest of IT topics—industry journalists forced to endure conferences on the topic often refer to it as “snore-age”—but it may be the next goldmine for consultants.» —“Interrupt: Oracle milks its happy customers” by Simon Hendery New Zealand Herald (Auckland) Jan. 25, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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