Meanings
nounHallmark moment (plural Hallmark moments)
plural Hallmark moments
- USidiomaticA memorable moment or event, one which would either make for or call for a poignant greeting card.
And then comes that inevitable moment when someone makes a snide remark or brings up a past grudge, and the bottom falls out and things go south fast. In a matter of seconds my Hallmark moment goes right out the window.
2012, Sarah Francis Martin, Stress Point: Thriving Through Your Twenties in a Decade of Drama, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Inc, →ISBN, page 128
Origin
From a Hallmark Cards advertising campaign.
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