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boring billion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
bor-ing -bil-lion
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The period of time from 1.8 Gya to 800 Mya, on Earth, lying in the middle of the Proterozoic.

Etymology

From boring + billion. From the remarkably stable environment of the time, over a period of 1 billion years, from climate, weather, geology, tectonic shifting, lifeforms.

Inflected Forms

the Boring Billion (canonical)

Synonyms

Barren Billion Dullest Time in Earth's History

Questions

What does boring billion mean?
The period of time from 1.8 Gya to 800 Mya, on Earth, lying in the middle of the Proterozoic.
Where does boring billion come from?
From boring + billion. From the remarkably stable environment of the time, over a period of 1 billion years, from climate, weather, geology, tectonic shifting, lifeforms.

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