Question of the Day #190

"Fed does not buy Trump tax-plan hype, sees short-lived economic boost"
From the headline of this article at Reuters.

上記の文で、hype の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hype" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


1. 〈俗〉誇大広告、刺激的な宣伝
2. 〈俗〉過剰宣伝された人［もの］
3. 〈俗〉ごまかし、いんちき、うそ

なので、この場合は1だと思いますが、3でもおかしくないかもしれない。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. deception, put-on
2. publicity; especially : promotional publicity of an extravagant or contrived kind

Although I lean towards the first definition for this example, I guess it could be either.

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

「過剰または人を惑わす広報または広告」という意味は、1967年からの米英語。（動詞形は1937年頃からあるとされている。）おそらくhyperbole（誇張（法）、誇大広告［表現］）の短縮形として。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

"excessive or misleading publicity or advertising," 1967, American English (the verb is attested from 1937), probably in part a back-formation of hyperbole

Examples

• all the hype before the boxing match
• ‘is his comeback a hype?’
• I've been put off reading the book by all the hype.
• We are certainly seeing a lot of hype by some companies.
• My products aren't based on advertising hype, they sell by word of mouth.