irritainment
English
Etymology
Blend of irritating + entertainment.
Noun
irritainment (uncountable)
- Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets more than or as much as it entertains, whether unintentionally or by design.
- 1997, Jaymz Bee, Cocktail Parties for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (1997), →ISBN, page 127:
- 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.
- 1997, Jaymz Bee, Cocktail Parties for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (1997), →ISBN, page 127:
- A media spectacle, particularly a scandal, that is simultaneously irritating and engrossing.
- 1998, Lewis W. Diuguid, "Changing channels on scandal", The Kansas City Star, 26 September 1998:
- Like others, I followed Clinton's apologies on TV and in print and laughed at the "I'm Sorry Chorus" from the also-unclean GOP choir. I've said it before: This is "irritainment" - a macabre mix of irritation and entertainment. The nastiness is a crime scene right in front of us.
- 1998, Lewis W. Diuguid, "Changing channels on scandal", The Kansas City Star, 26 September 1998:
Quotations
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