boomerask
词形变化
boomerasks
复数
boomerasks
boomerasked
boomerasking
boomerasks
三单
boomerasking
现在分词
boomerasked
过去式
boomerasked
过去分词
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An act or instance of boomerasking.
v.
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To ask someone a question, without really being interested in the answer, because the asker really just wanted to answer it themselves immediately after (and share an anecdote or story).
非正式 不及物
词源
Blend of boomerang + ask. Coined by Alison Wood Brooks and Michael Yeomans in their 2025 paper Boomerasking: Answering Your Own Questions (see quotation below).
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