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info-dump en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of info + dump.

Meanings

1. A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
   • Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […] 1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns:
2. A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
3. An act of sharing a large amount of information on a subject one is interested in, particularly as an activity by or among autistic people.

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Relateds

core dump · wall of text · screen dump · copypasta

Synonyms

expository lump

info-dump en · VERB

Etymology

Compound of info + dump.

Meanings

1. (informal, intransitive, slang) To speak expositorily and at length regarding one's knowledge about a subject.

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