Word of the Day: Nothingburger

[RubyK]

It's not a weird new diet trend: "Nothingburger" is slang for "an often highly publicized event or situation that is said to have less impact or significance than expected." When someone holds a press conference for something that turns out to be a hoax, that's a nothingburger.

The biggest nothingburger in my life was a trip to Germany 30 years ago to visit my Dad's relatives.

 

[Ruthanne]

Today has been a real nothingburger here.

 

[RubyK]

Today turned out to be a nothingburger for me also!

 

[Ruthanne]

I have the strong feeling that Christmas day is going to be the biggest nothingburger ever for me. Oh well, that's life in the city.

 

[Pappy]

I ordered a Big Mac and when I opened it up, there was nothing between the rolls:
So I had a nothingburger.