For some, Y2K was an event of great anticipointment, especially if you were holed up in a shed in the desert surrounded by cans of Spam
Dictionary of american slang with examples. .
anticipointment — n. A state of mind produced after having overly anticipated a particular event or purchase, thus creating unreasonably high expectations, and then been disappointed after the event or purchase has taken place because the expectations were not met … New words
anticipointment — noun The state of mind resulting from excitedly anticipating a strongly promoted product, event, film, etc, and then being disappointed when it fails to meet the expectations generated by this promotion. The unparalleled media hype surrounding… … Wiktionary
Anticipointment — A greatly awaited event that turns out to be a fizzer. For some, Y2K was an event of great anticipointment, especially if you were holed up in a shed in the desert surrounded by cans of Spam … Dictionary of american slang
Sociology (General) — Sociology General acoustic privacy adorkable age heaping anticipointment antiskeptic banana problem behalfism … New words
