2021-06-04
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – board – bored
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง board & bored = ‘BAWRD’ or ‘BOHRD’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Board = a long thin piece of wood;
= daily meal as in a boarding house;
= an official group of people who direct an activity:
board of directors
Not to be confused with:
bored = weary by dullness;
=fatigued, tired; annoyed:
The story bored me.
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary
Board & bored
A BOARD is a piece of wood,
also a committee orsimilar group of people.
To BOARD means to get on (train, etc.) and
also to payfor living in someone’s house and having food provided.
BORED means uninterested
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Words We're Watching: 'Vision Board'
And 'mood board' too
What to Know
A vision board
is a collage ofclippings, pictures, fabric, memos, quotes, notes, and more
as a way of visualizingone's future goals.
A vision board can be similar to a mood board,
although some believe they are distinct,
with a mood board being used for aesthetics, e.g. in party planning.
Let’s say you’re a collection of soundsthat communicates meaning.
You are, in other words, a word.
Now let’s say you really, really want to be entered in a Merriam-Webster dictionary but you know that not enough people have noticed you yet.
You’re hoping to qualify for dictionary entry but just don’t know how to make it happen.
So, you do what lots of hopeful humans do:
you createa vision board,
and you place it somewhere you’ll notice it daily.
With any luck, visualizing your hope will help it become reality.
The word vision board may be busy making one of these
as we type—who knows?
Collins COBUILD English Usage
board
1. 'board'
If you board a bus, train, plane, or ship,
you get on it or into it.
Gerry took a taxi to the station and boarded a train there.
I boarded the plane for San Diego.
2. 'on board'
When you are on board a bus, train, plane, or ship,
you are on it or in it.
There were 13 Britons on board the plane.
The crash killed all 57 passengers on board.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'of' after on board.
Don't say, for example, 'There were 13 Britons on board of the plane'.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Bored
Usage Note:
If an activity or experience starts to bore you,
are you bored byit, bored of it, or bored withit?
All three constructions are common in informal writing and speech,
but they enjoy different degrees of acceptance.
The most widely approved wordings are bored withandbored by.
In our 2012 survey, the sentences
I'm getting bored with this lecture series and
I'm getting bored by this lecture series
were accepted by 93 percent and 88 percent of our Usage Panel, respectively.
By contrast, only 24 percent of the Panelists found
I'm getting bored of this lecture series at least somewhat acceptable.
Why is the bored of construction so widely condemned,
when tired of, on which it is presumably modeled, is universally accepted?
Probably because tired ofwas grandfathered into our language,
as a relic of the once-common use ofofin passive-voice constructions
(in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, for instance,
Benedict describes himself as being
"loved of all ladies"—that is, loved by them).
By the time bore came into English in the late 1800s,
the use of ofto indicate the agent in passive constructions was uncommon.
People have kept using such pre-existent familiar phrasings
as tired ofand frightened of,
but otherwise, the passive-agent use of ofis mostly defunct,
so, the phrasing bored ofis likely to seem like an error to many readers.
Dictionary.com
9 Ways To Respond To Kids When They Say “I’m Bored”
How to respond to the two most dreaded words in parenting: "I'm bored"
One soundalmost every parent can instantly recognize
is the lament of a bored child.
It can come as a direct statement, “I’m booooored,” or
you may discover your child’s boredom all on your own
when they wander aimlessly around the house or silently hover over you.
Boredom is not fatal, despite how it can feel sometimes.
Instead, it is a state of being "weary of dullness or tedious repetition."
And while it is not necessarily a bad state for your child to exist in
(experts say that boredom is necessary for the development of creativity)
it can create a void filledwith unwanted activities
like acting out or exploring things you'd rather have the kids (or spouses) stay out of.
(Anyone who has ever watched a viral video of a toddler slathered in lipstick knows what we are talking about here.)
To avoid having to scrub lipstick off your walls or
peel an older child’s phone from their hands,
read throughthese nine ways to respond to your child’s boredom
—and maybe find a cure for some boredom ofyour own!
1 “Go put some salt on a bird’s tail”
This is something that parents of yore used to tell their children
to do when they had nothing better to occupytheir time.
It is believed that givinga small child a salt shaker
to “put some salt on a bird’s tail”
would not onlygive them something to do,
but it wouldalso tire them out.
(Have you ever tried to get close to a wild bird?)
You do not have to take this one literally,
especially in bad weather or if you lack an outdoor space
—making any similar suggestion will work.
You can ask them to catch a house fly or tame dust bunnies.
As long as they are assigned a task that will occupy both their minds and their bodies, they should be entertained.
The choice of salt, a crystalline compound
made up of sodium chloride, does not really seem to matter
(other than the fact that it is probably less expensive than its tabletop partner, pepper),
but for the sake of fun word facts, we'll focus on it for a minute.
The word salt has been around sincebefore the year 900,
and stems from the Middle and Old English sealt.
Makes you wonder how long parents have been handing
their children salt shakers in an effort to cure their boredom.
2 “That sounds like a good problem to have”
If your goal is for your child to appreciatethe fact
that their biggest problem in life is being bored, responding,
“That sounds like a good problem to have” isprobably your best bet.
When some people (like Shakespeare) were bored,
they created things.
(You have no doubt been informed he wrote King Lear
while quarantined during the plague.)
And this makes a great story to tell bored kids
—learning about other creative people that used boredom
to make things can be inspiring.
You can share the examples of the Italian painter Titian,
who painted Pietà during a plague,
and physicist Sir Isaac Newton,
who came up with the laws of gravity while"social distancing" from school.
While using the word problem, which means
"a question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty or difficulty,"
can sound like a bad thing,
using it lets your kids know that if boredom is the worst of their problems, then they are in pretty good shape.
In fact, the word problem has been around since 1350–1400
and stems from the Middle English probleme.
Although you can probably save yourself the trouble of explaining to your kids that people back in the 1350s probably welcomed a little boredom ... since their days were most likely spent working on family farms or doing other physical work.
3 “How about you go clean your room”
A bored child will suddenly find a million things they would
rather be doing as soon as you utter the C word to them.
This goes for cleaning their room,
cleaning common spaces, or cleaning up after a pet.
Cleaning is the "act of making clean,"
which is something that parents can often find themselves short on time to do, but bored teens are well equipped to help out with.
The word cleaning, which has been around since 1655–75,
probably came about the first time a bored child
dared to tell his butter-churning mother he had nothing to do
(just kidding, this has no valid evidence).
But if the mere mention of cleaning
doesn't suddenly cureyour child of their boredom,
it may actually get them to lend a hand around the house.
Hand them a broom, a mop, or a washcloth and set them to work.
4 “Read (or write) a book”
For older kids who know how to read,
suggestingthey pick up a book may be a subtle reminder
that there is a world of adventure at their fingertips
… once they have tired of the worlds of adventure
at their thumb-tips through their phone and tablet, that is.
The word read means
"to look carefully so as to understand the meaning of something, specifically when it is written or printed."
So, try offering your reader a book or magazine
and see if it cures their inability to find something else to do.
If your child has just finisheda book,
you can also ask them to give you their read,
which in this case means to interpret what they have read.
You can actually ask them for their read on any performance or artwork they have checked out lately, which is a great way to start a conversation.
You can also have them write down their read of a book
or write their own sequel or prequel to what they just read!
5 “Why don’t you see if X needs help”
Helping someone else is a great way to put an end
to the aimless feeling of having nothing to do.
Whether your child helpsyour partner, another sibling, or a pet,
providing helpwill exercise their altruistic muscles.
Helping, which means
"to render assistance to, cooperate effectively with, aid and assist,"
is a great way to pass the time and get your child out from under your feet as you try to accomplish tasks.
Unless, of course, you're the one who could use an extra hand,
in which case you get to now ask your little one
if they would liketo help you with what you are doing. Score?
You may both need to exercise patience, or
"an ability or willingness to suppress mild (or major) annoyances,"
as little handscan sometimes have a hard time doing big tasks.
If your child is struggling to follow directions,
consider asking them to listen, or "to pay attention, heed, or obey,"
to directionsand wait, or "postpone what they are doing," for further instructions.
Use small words and short steps for younger kids
(like, hand me that red bowl, pass me that bottle with the blue lid),
and give bigger kids a little more freedomto make mistakes (and messes).
6 “Are all of your assignments done”
Ah, the sudden shift to online schooling.
(We propose submitting a new definition for online:
how so many of us are just doing our best in a time of staying at home and quarantining.)
While you may already know the answer to this question
(Are all of your assignments done?)
if you have younger kids and had to walk them through
their daily online classwork,
older children who are more independent
and who have been in charge of their own learning
may need a gentle reminder to keep up with their current assignments.
If your kids answer "yes," and confirm that
they are all caught up on their assignments,
suggest they take some of their downtime
and turn in into productive time by checking out
one of the numerous free online activities available for students.
You can find an at-home learning program
for everythingfrom picking up a second language,
to learninghow to read music.
Dictionary.com also offers plenty of online activities to keep your child busy during these unprecedented, or never before known, times.
7 “Why don’t you go stretch your legs”
If your bored child is old enough to be sent outside on their own,
outdoor playtime is a great way to get them out of the house
(as long as they still keep six feet of distance between them and others) and physically moving.
By using the phrase stretch your legs,
you are telling your child to go for a walk,
especially after a prolonged period of sitting.
They do not need to go outside to accomplish this, though.
They can take a walk around the kitchen table
(or wherever else you have designated as their online learning space),
take a tripup and down a flight of stairs,
or even just walk to and from another room.
Getting your child movingand their eyes away from screens,
even if it is only for a few moments, can help get their blood pumping again.
The phrasestretch your legsis not the only thing
you can say to get your kids moving, though.
Try one of thesesynonyms on for size too:
- promenade: which means "a stroll or walk"
- constitutional: which means "a walk or mild exercise"
- traipse: which means "to walk aimlessly or idly"
8 “What do you want to do”
Maybe your kid is not bored after all.
They're just not doing the thing that they want to be doing.
Sure, that may seem like a silly problem to have,
but you would be surprised
how many times asking your child what they actually want to do
will make them stop and think about it,
and maybe even allow them to solve their boredom problem on their own.
You can tryto phrase your question a few different ways:
- What do you want to do?
- What would you rather be doing?
- Is there something that you would enjoy doing right now?
Each of those questions uses a variation of the word do,
which is a verb meaning "to perform or execute,"
and has been around since before the year 900.
It comes from the Middle and Old English word don.
Of course, if you are letting your kid decide
what they would like to do, be prepared to have to counteroffer
if they name something you don't want them to do.
For example, if they're bored because you told them
they reached their screen-time limit for the day,
and they tell you that the only thing that's going to cure their boredom
is more screen time … just be ready for that.
9 “Wonderful”
Sometimes you just need to let your child be bored.
The idea of doing nothing* may seem a little strange
in our overscheduled world, but it is something that is good for children (and us) to experience.
(Yes, we know how contradictorythat sounds
after suggesting you tell them that Shakespeare wrote
King Lear while he was waiting for his quarantine to end.)
Instead ofmaking suggestions, offering up ideas,
or flat out telling your kids what to do
when they cannot figure something out for themselves,
just let them be unproductive by not requiring them to produce, generate, or create anything at all.
When your child tells you they are bored,
and you want them to stay that way,
consider responding with:
- wonderful: which means "excellent, great, or marvelous"
- great: which, when not used to describe size (like "large or giant"), means "very well"
- terrific: which means "extremely good or wonderful"
Each of these words lets your child know that
their boredom is a good thing.
Sometimes we all just need to hit pause, or take a temporary stop or rest.
*It's totally up to you whether or not you let them know
how shorttheir supply of unstructured time will be
once they grow up
and have children of their own.
