boomerasks

Verb

boomerask (third-person singular simple present boomerasks, present participle boomerasking, simple past and past participle boomerasked)

1. (informal, intransitive, neologism) 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).
   • We introduce one pervasive way people attempt to reconcile these competing goals—boomerasking—a sequence in which individuals first pose a question to their conversation partner ("How was your weekend?"), let their partner answer, and then answer the question themselves ("Mine was amazing!"). The...2025 January 9, Alison Wood Brooks, Michael Yeomans, “Boomerasking: Answering Your Own Questions”, in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, volume 154, number 3, Washington, D.C.: American...

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