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irritainment

noun

Etymology

Blend of irritating + entertainment.

  1. derived from entretenement
  2. inherited from entretenement — “support, maintenance”
  3. compounded as irritainment — “irritating + entertainment”

Definitions

  1. Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets more than or as much as it entertains,…

    Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets more than or as much as it entertains, whether unintentionally or by design.

    • Because their volume interjects such an overwhelming ambiance to the party, make sure that your entertainers are the right ones. You want entertainment, not irritainment.

  2. A media spectacle, particularly a scandal, that is simultaneously irritating and…

    A media spectacle, particularly a scandal, that is simultaneously irritating and engrossing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for irritainment. 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