Word of the Day: Anticipointment
Addictionary.org is a cool site where visitors can submit definitions for words that don't exist, but should. I heard about it from one of my favorite radio shows, NPR's "Says You" more than two years ago, and submitted one of my favorites:
anticipointment noun The feeling of crushed expectations that results upon seeing a heavily-promoted film, TV show, etc. that fails to live up to the hype.
After all that time, Addictionary has chosen it for the Word of the Day for Sunday, July 19. I wonder if it has anything to do with the new Transformers or Harry Potter movies?
I confess I didn't make up the term. I heard it from Arthur Wood, the news director at WTVH some ten years ago.
anticipointment noun The feeling of crushed expectations that results upon seeing a heavily-promoted film, TV show, etc. that fails to live up to the hype.
After all that time, Addictionary has chosen it for the Word of the Day for Sunday, July 19. I wonder if it has anything to do with the new Transformers or Harry Potter movies?
I confess I didn't make up the term. I heard it from Arthur Wood, the news director at WTVH some ten years ago.