anticipointment
n.— «It’s what I call “anticipointment.” […] You can’t make a promise and then have people feel you broke it, or you’re worse off than when you started. So now they just need to live up to it.» —“B of A rebranding ‘toxic’ Countrywide lending operation” by E. Scott Reckard Los Angeles Times April 27, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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In Black English, the word trifling describes a person who lacks ambition or fails to keep promises. Former President Barack Obama used it that way in his memoir Dreams from My Father (Bookshop|Amazon). This is part of a complete episode.
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In the 15th century, the word disappoint meant “to remove someone from appointed office.” Only later did the word take on its modern meaning of “fail to fulfill expectations.” This is part of a complete episode.
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