boomerask

== English == === Etymology === Blend of boomerang +‎ ask. Coined by Alison Wood Brooks and Michael Yeomans in their 2025 paper Boomerasking: Answering Your Own Questions (see quotation below). === Verb === boomerask (third-person singular simple present boomerasks, present participle boomerasking, simple past and past participle boomerasked) (intransitive, neologism, informal) 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). ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === boomerask (plural boomerasks) (neologism) An act or instance of boomerasking. === References ===