LPH,
I agree with you about the word 'bored'.
I tend to think that the only people who get bored are boring people.
When my children used to come to me whining about 'being bored', I would just tell them "You're bored because you're not doing anything. Get off your behind and do something interesting and you won't be bored anymore." (OMG how they used to hate it when I said that!) Then I'd suggest they go for a jog or ride their bike, phone a friend, read a book, draw or paint something, build a model of something, plant some herb seeds for the windowsill, play some music, identify and press some wildflowers, write a poem, play badminton in the yard, practice their knitting, make some cookies.......(by that time they had usually left the room).