Meaning of death by PowerPoint | Babel Free
Definitions
The boredom or disengagement that an audience experiences from poorly designed or overly verbose presentations using any type of presentation software.
Examples
“Near-synonym: PowerPointlessness”
“2000, David Greenberg, Avoiding Death by PowerPoint, 45 Proven Strategies to Breathe⟳ Life Into Dull Presentations, Goldleaf Publications, →ISBN, illustrated.”
“In corporations, death by overhead has been replaced by death by PowerPoint. Nothing has changed but the technology.”
“We’ve all endured them ... PowerPoint presentations that drone on forever. I call⟳ this “Death by PowerPoint.” One of my near-death-by-PowerPoint experiences occurred in Newfoundland, Canada.”
“And, as audience members, we have⟳ all experienced death by PowerPoint, the comatose state that results from being subjected to one stultifying slide⟳ after another.”
“Where a 10-page presentation with one or two charts would have⟳ been acceptable before, now we all suffer⟳ from death by PowerPoint.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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