infodump
infodump is the alternative form of info-dump.
Meaning of info-dump
Noun
info-dump (plural info-dumps)
- A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
- Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns
- A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
- Synonyms:
- expository lump
- An act of sharing a large amount of information on a subject one is interested in, particularly as an activity by or among autistic people.
Forms of infodump
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | infodumps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | infodumps |
| present participle | infodumping |
| past participle | infodumped |
| past | infodumped |
Origin of infodump
From info + dump.
Questions about infodump
- What is infodump the alternative form of?
- Infodump is the alternative form of info-dump.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: infodump (page history and authors); info-dump (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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