Why this word is great
BOKETTO — [Noun] The act of gazing vacantly into the distance, thinking of nothing at all. From Japanese ぼけっと (boketto), an onomatopoeic term derived from ボケる (bokeru, "to fade or become blurry"), describing a vacant, absent-minded gaze. Unlike "daydreaming" (which involves imaginative or conscious thought) or "meditation" (a deliberate practice of focus), boketto is the mind's quiet surrender to the void. It is the slack-jawed stare of a cat at a sunlit wall, the unfixed eyes of a commuter watching raindrops race down a train window, or the way you might find yourself suddenly adrift in the middle of a sentence, mouth slightly open, as if your thoughts have evaporated into the air. A small, daily death.