tittytainment

== English == === Etymology === Blend of titty +‎ entertainment, in reference to the pacifying effect of watching TV, similar to that of a child sucking on its mother's breast. Hans-Peter Martin and Harald Schumann claimed that coinage attributed to Polish-American diplomat and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski in The Global Trap. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɪtiˈteɪn.mənt/ Rhymes: -eɪnmənt Hyphenation: tit‧ty‧tain‧ment === Noun === tittytainment (uncountable) (informal, derogatory) A form of lowest-common-denominator entertainment designed to appeal to the masses and dissuade people from thinking. ==== See also ==== bread and circuses === References === Eric Partridge (2007), “tittytainment”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 655.