"frogboil" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the myth that a frog placed in lukewarm water will not jump out as long as the water is heated gradually, even if it reaches lethal temperatures.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frogboils",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frogboiling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frogboiled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frogboiled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "frogboil (third-person singular simple present frogboils, present participle frogboiling, simple past and past participle frogboiled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              181,
              191
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 March 9, QiaochuYuan, X:",
          "text": "what a blessing to be able to breathe and to have a clear mind. brain fog and shortness of breath were just absolutely ruining my life before and i couldn't tell because i'd gotten frogboiled into them and was so used to dissociating from unpleasant sensations",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gradually accustom someone to something without them noticing."
      ],
      "id": "en-frogboil-en-verb-HBdakSGY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually in passive constructions",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, usually in passive constructions) To gradually accustom someone to something without them noticing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Boiling frog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frogboil"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the myth that a frog placed in lukewarm water will not jump out as long as the water is heated gradually, even if it reaches lethal temperatures.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frogboils",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frogboiling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frogboiled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frogboiled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "frogboil (third-person singular simple present frogboils, present participle frogboiling, simple past and past participle frogboiled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English internet slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              181,
              191
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 March 9, QiaochuYuan, X:",
          "text": "what a blessing to be able to breathe and to have a clear mind. brain fog and shortness of breath were just absolutely ruining my life before and i couldn't tell because i'd gotten frogboiled into them and was so used to dissociating from unpleasant sensations",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gradually accustom someone to something without them noticing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually in passive constructions",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, usually in passive constructions) To gradually accustom someone to something without them noticing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Boiling frog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frogboil"
}