info-dump

See also: infodump

English

Alternative forms

• infodump

Etymology

Compound of info +‎ dump.

Noun

info-dump (plural info-dumps)

1. (chiefly computing) A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
   • 1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns:

     Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]

2. (literature) A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.

   Synonym: 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.

See also

• copypasta
• core dump
• screen dump
• wall of text

 

Verb

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

1. (informal, slang, intransitive) To speak expositorily and at length regarding one's knowledge about a subject.