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

edutain 

combination of two words: educate and entertain ...edutain

let me edutain y'all for a minute

edutain by preemo July 1, 2006

edutainment 

An approach to education which focuses on the experience as a form of entertainment.

The course I took was a fabulous experience in edutainment where I both learned and had a great time at it.

edutainment by Czar Donik May 25, 2022

edutain 

To educate and entertain. True education is captivatingly entertaining (whether pleasantly so or otherwise).

One can be entertained without being educated, but one cannot be educated without being entertained.

Lenny Bruce was "the orginal edutainer".
Dr. Phil edutains with "pop-psychology".

edutain by Kree8R August 9, 2006

Edutainment Fatigue Syndrome 

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.

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.

Edutainment Fatigue Syndrome by The Observationist July 6, 2011

Edutainer

A person who intentionally uses an entertainment medium like comedy, song, or dance to educate the audience on traditionally taboo topics like sex, reproductive health, and LGBTQ issues.

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".

Edutainer by RavenHarte April 24, 2015

edutainment 

Combining education and entertainment to teach children. usually accomplishes neither, since the two are complete opposites.

Education is not entertaining.

edutainment by kung-fu jesus September 22, 2004