Punding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Punding is a noun meaning A human activity characterized by compulsive fascination with and performance of repetitive, mechanical tasks, such as assembling and disassembling, collecting, or sorting household objects.
Meaning
A human activity characterized by compulsive fascination with and performance of repetitive, mechanical tasks, such as assembling and disassembling, collecting, or sorting household objects.
More Meanings
- Archaic form of pudding.
Example Sentences
What Pollan is describing here is a mild form of ‘punding’, a phenomenon first described by intravenous amphetamine addicts.
Punding may consist of activities such as collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible, or disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jel, pegging, puttering, pigsticking, pickfest, pulking.
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