Tedium tolerance

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Tedium tolerance
/ˈtiːdiəm/ /ˈtɒlərəns/ (n.)
One’s personal capacity to endure drear. Not exactly the inverse of one’s ditch tolerance, but closely correlated. Signalling a strong tedium tolerance early in a negotiation is a smart tactic, especially if you view a commercial negotiation is largely the process of finding out who can bore whom rigid first.