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one-trick-ponyism en · NOUN

Etymology

From one-trick pony + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The state of being a one-trick pony.
    • Finally delivering “Room on Fire,” the follow-up to their much ballyhooed debut album, the well-heeled but stylishly bedraggled locals try to dispel accusations of one-trick-ponyism. 2003, The New Yorker, page 17: