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Line 8: ==Colloquial usage== Colloquially, the "doldrums" are a state of inactivity, mild depression, listlessness, or stagnation.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doldrums \|title=Doldrums\|work=Merriam-Webster Dictionary}}</ref> The word ismay be derived from ''dold,'' an archaic term meaning "stupid", and ''-rum(s)'', a noun suffix found in such words as "[[tantrum]]."<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/doldrums\|work=Random House Dictionary\|publisher= Random House, Inc.\|date= 2011\|title=Doldrums}}</ref> ==In literature==

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