(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
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.
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.
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Editards are the retarded editors that are too stupid to make the following correction. Drawz - Source: Dirty Stankin Drawz, Copyright 1993 not 1999.
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An Editation is like editing in that it involves something being changed. However, when editing it does not imply editing a whole thing, whereas an Editation does.
Steve: I've just finished the seventh Editation of my novel! If my agent makes me do one more Editation...
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Agent: Sorry Steve, I still can't find anyone willing to publish this. Time for your eighth Editation...
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Agent: Sorry Steve, I still can't find anyone willing to publish this. Time for your eighth Editation...
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Noun. Abbrev. EFS
Suffered mainly by parents of young children, this ailment is experienced by being continuously exposed to entertainment/educational media for young children.
Suffered mainly by parents of young children, this ailment is experienced by being continuously exposed to entertainment/educational media for young children.
A: Have you seen Sarah lately?
B: Yeah, what's wrong with her? She's singing all these cutesy songs and keeps calling everyone Grover.
A: Edutainment Fatigue Syndrome. Spending too much time watching Sesame Street.
B: Can she be cured?
A: Probably. Needs to see something rated higher than TV-Y7.
B: Yeah, what's wrong with her? She's singing all these cutesy songs and keeps calling everyone Grover.
A: Edutainment Fatigue Syndrome. Spending too much time watching Sesame Street.
B: Can she be cured?
A: Probably. Needs to see something rated higher than TV-Y7.
by The Observationist July 6, 2011
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I saw edutainer Peterson Toscano's play "Transfigurations—Transgressing Gender in the Bible" and it really seemed to help some of these southerners get that "God doesn't hate gays".
by RavenHarte April 24, 2015
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Education is not entertaining.
by kung-fu jesus September 22, 2004
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