Chapelure de Ennui 11 January 2013, Cervera de los Montes A4 (29,7 x 21,0 cm) Water color, acrylic color, pencil, color pencil, felt-tip pen and stickers on paper i Ennui (French) = boredom. In English it refers more precisely to a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom. Boredom is always counter-revolutionary - a quote from the French situationist Guy Debord. Oreo (Spanish) = breeze, fresh air. It is also the brand name of a popular sandwich cookie where the U.S. version is made by the Nabisco division of Kraft Foods. Since its 1912 introduction, Oreo has become the best selling cookie in the United States, through the 20th century and into the 21st. Oreo refers (in the U.S.) also to a black person who acts white. Tags: Debord, Oreo, boredom, ennui, cake 229 / 779