Hallmark moment
English
editEtymology
editFrom a Hallmark Cards advertising campaign.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editHallmark moment (plural Hallmark moments)
- (US) A memorable moment or event, one which would make a poignant greeting card.
- 2012, Sarah Francis Martin, Stress Point: Thriving Through Your Twenties in a Decade of Drama, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Inc, →ISBN, page 128:
- 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.