Why do we say ‘I’m in the doldrums’?
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5 min readSep 9, 2020
Origins of a dreary and dismal phrase.
Merriam-Webster gives this definition for ‘doldrums’
1: a spell of listlessness or despondency
2 often capitalized, oceanography : a part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms, squalls, and light shifting winds
