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info-dump, n.
Brit. |ˈɪnfəʊdʌmp|, U.S. |ˈɪnfoʊˌdəmp|
[‹ info- comb. form + dump n.4 Compare earlier data dump n. at datum n. Additions.]
A large (often unwieldy or indigestible) amount of information supplied all at once, spec. as background information in a narrative. Cf. data dump n. at datum n. Additions.
1978Proc. Southeastcon Region 3 Conf. 353 Would you like a hard copy info dump of the current case? 1990Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Feb. x8 Writers in my neck of the woods call this stuff ‘infodump’—putting in your research without bringing the narrative flow to a screeching halt. 1992I. Banks Crow Road (1993) xv. 376 I'd had my own personal info-dump on the workings of the world computer network. 2004Guardian 24 Apr. (Review section) 28/1 Occasionally the high concepts of his pieces necessitate those undigested lumps of explanation known as info-dumps. |