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dumbed down — adj. (Slang) simplified, made more understandable through the removal or simplification of complex material … English contemporary dictionary
Dumbing down — is a pejorative term for a perceived trend to lower the intellectual content of literature, education, news, and other aspects of culture. According to John Algeo, former editor of American Speech, the neologism dumb down meaning revise so as to… … Wikipedia
dumb down — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms dumb down : present tense I/you/we/they dumb down he/she/it dumbs down present participle dumbing down past tense dumbed down past participle dumbed down to make something simpler and easier to… … English dictionary
dumb something down — ˌdumb ˈdown | ˌdumb sthˈdown derived (disapproving) to make sth less accurate or ↑educational, and of worse quality, by trying to make it easier for people to understand • The BBC denies that its broadcasting has been dumbed down. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dumb down — verb a) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. The public wont understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it. b) To… … Wiktionary
Dumb down — 1. act dumber than one is: She deliberately dumbed down because she didn t want to seem a smart arse ; 2. amend for a less intellectual audience: to dumb down a speech ; 3. make (a country) less intellectual by discouraging intellectualism,… … Dictionary of Australian slang
dumb down — Australian Slang 1. act dumber than one is: She deliberately dumbed down because she didn t want to seem a smart arse ; 2. amend for a less intellectual audience: to dumb down a speech ; 3. make (a country) less intellectual by discouraging… … English dialects glossary
drool-proof paper — n. Whimsical paper said to be used in electronic equipment manuals that are so dumbed down and simplistic as to be of no use whatsoever. adj. Example Citation: Documentation that has been obsessively dumbed down i.e., simplified to the point… … New words
Zöe Salmon — Infobox Person name = Zöe Salmon imagesize = 150X229 caption = birth date = birth date and age|1980|1|7|df=y birth place = Bangor, Northern Ireland occupation = Television presenter known for = Blue Peter presenter and Miss Northern Ireland of… … Wikipedia
List of The Nostalgia Critic episodes — The Nostalgia Critic is a Web review series hosted by Doug Walker. The series began in July 2007 on YouTube, but after having a large amount of his episodes removed from YouTube, those, along with new ones, started appearing in April 2008 on… … Wikipedia
