Megahype

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Extreme hype. uncountable

    "When we look for signs of what awaits us in cyberspace, we realize that what we have already got, in addition to mountains of undigested facts, is megahype, the vastly optimistic exaggeration about the power and wizardry of computers."

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"When we look for signs of what awaits us in cyberspace, we realize that what we have already got, in addition to mountains of undigested facts, is megahype, the vastly optimistic exaggeration about the power and wizardry of computers."

Etymology

From mega- + hype.

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