info-dump

noun

A large volume of data supplied at the same time.

Meanings

nouninfo-dump (plural info-dumps)

plural info-dumps · alternative infodump

  1. computingA 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
  2. literatureA long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.

    Synonyms: expository lump

  3. 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.
verbinfo-dump (third-person singular simple present info-dumps, present participle info-dumping, simple past and past participle info-dumped)

present singular third person info-dumps · participle present info-dumping · participle past info-dumped · past info-dumped · alternative infodump

  1. informalintransitiveslangTo speak expositorily and at length regarding one's knowledge about a subject.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.

Origin

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APA

info-dump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info-dump

MLA

“info-dump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info-dump. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “info-dump,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info-dump.

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