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Subject: edutainment: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Dec. 21, 2014

edutainment \ej-oo-TEYN-muhnt\ noun 1. television programs, movies, books, etc., that are both educational and entertaining, especially those intended primarily for children in the elementary grades. Quotes In the flesh, he looked like one of those poised, balding experts who sit on New England porch swings in autumn answering questions for edutainment TV in maddeningly soft, self-assured voices. -- Richard Powers, The Echo Maker, 2006 Origin Edutainment is a portmanteau of education and entertainment. This Americanism entered English in the 1980s.

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