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entertrainment

noun

Etymology

Blend of entertainment + train.

  1. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻
  2. derived from trahō — “to pull, to draw”
  3. derived from *traginō✻
  4. derived from train — “a delay, a drawing out”
  5. inherited from trayne — “train”
  6. compounded as entertrainment — “entertainment + train”

Definitions

  1. Training designed to be entertaining for the person being trained.

    • […] entertrainment holds over formal, by-the-book training. For instance, many entertainers keep attention levels high by using energizers — brief, playful activities that move people around.
    • In-flotilla training should take place at every flotilla meeting. A half hour of every meeting agenda should be set aside for the "entertrainment" of all members. It should be interactive and enjoyable.
    • […] entertrainment. That is, we tend to entertain as we train, and our audience members both expect and appreciate this. We interact with the audience, smile a lot, add a bit of humor, and inject some fun.

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