nine-day wonder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndə/
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• General-American: /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndɚ/
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• rhymes with -ʌndə(ɹ)
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From nine + day + wonder (“something that causes amazement or awe”). References to a period of nine days or nights to describe the length of a short-lived fad date from as early as the 14th century; see, for instance, Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1380s) by the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s – 1400; spelling modernized): “Ek [besides] wonder last but nine days never in town”.

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: hetken villitys — something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned
• German: Eintagsfliege — something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned
• Japanese: 一発屋 (ippatsuya) — something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned
• Norwegian Bokmål: døgnflue — something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned
• Polish: słomiany ogień — something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned
• Portuguese: fogo de palha — something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned