Tittytainment

//ˌtɪtiˈteɪn.mənt// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of lowest-common-denominator entertainment designed to appeal to the masses and dissuade people from thinking. derogatory, informal, uncountable

    "At the other extreme were those who foresaw growing international inequality—“a 20 to 80 world, a one-fifth society in which those left out will have to be pacified by tittytainment” (tits plus entertainment)—or “a deepening international anarchy” as “market forces and shrinking natural resources drag sovereign states into ever more dangerous rivalries.”"

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"At the other extreme were those who foresaw growing international inequality—“a 20 to 80 world, a one-fifth society in which those left out will have to be pacified by tittytainment” (tits plus entertainment)—or “a deepening international anarchy” as “market forces and shrinking natural resources drag sovereign states into ever more dangerous rivalries.”"

Etymology

Blend of titty + entertainment, in reference to the pacifying effect of watching TV, similar to that of a child sucking on its mother's breast. Hans-Peter Martin and Harald Schumann claimed that coinage attributed to Polish-American diplomat and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski in The Global Trap.

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