Info-dump

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 […]"

  2. 2
    A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
  3. 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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To speak expositorily and at length regarding one's knowledge about a subject. informal, intransitive, slang

Synonyms

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expository lump

Example

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"Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]"

Etymology

Compound of info + dump.

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