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emperor's new clothes

noun

Etymology

After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

Definitions

  1. Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.

    • Marks & Spencer announced a 19% fall in annual profits on Tuesday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for emperor's new clothes. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA