megahype

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noun

Extreme hype.

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Meanings

nounmegahype (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExtreme hype.

    When we look for signs of what awaits us in cyberspace, we realize that what we have already got, in addition to mountains of undigested facts, is megahype, the vastly optimistic exaggeration about the power and wizardry of computers.

    2004, Marshall William Fishwick, Probing popular culture on and off the Internet, page 179

Origin

From mega- + hype.

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APA

megahype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megahype

MLA

“megahype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megahype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megahype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megahype.

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