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shark-jumping en · ADJ

Etymology

From shark + jumping, from jump the shark.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Becoming unbelievable or disappointing due to plot developments.
    • To me this dinner, with its tasting notes and the rest, seemed like the dernier cri in shark-jumping foodie bullshit. 2012 April 20, Oliver Thring, “Me and my spoon”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian:
    • Christian Lander (2008), Stuff White People Like, →ISBN, page 171: “But if you must declare a shark-jumping moment, the best bet is to say that the show jumped between the two “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” episodes.”