Definitions by c____

edutaint 

(adj)

1. to educate while entertaining at the expense of some degree of accuracy

2. to falsely educate; to give incomplete or incorrect information, giving the reader/listener an incomplete or incorrect perspective

STUDENT: I know all about the Tudors! I read The Other Boleyn Girl overnight!

SNOOTY PROFESSOR: No you don't; that book is riddled with historical inaccuracies. You've been edutainted.

STUDENT: Okay, so maybe I don't know everything, but I really enjoyed it and learned a bunch in the process.

edutaint by c____ June 20, 2010