Today’s “Word of the Day” is “moonshot“ and it is a noun meaning “It’s used to signify a big, ambitious, expensive project which is hard to do and-by most measures-not all that sensible; a crazy idea; it is literally an act of launching a spacecraft to the moon”.
Example Sentence: Using terms like moonshot is not an act to provide clarity or detailed plans or explanations. These terms are used to capture attention, to distract from the big-ness of the problem, to halt those questioning what powerful people, organisations and governments are doing.
This word is present in The Guardian article This ‘moonshot’ hype only illustrates No 10’s obsession with tech hyperbole and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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