Etymograph

English

angertainment

Blend of anger + entertainment.

A blend of anger + entertainment

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘narrow, tied together’

Proto-Germanic *angazaz ‘grief, sorrow’

Old Norse angr ‘affliction, sorrow’

Middle English anger ‘grief; wrath’

English anger

Old French entretenement

Middle English entretenement ‘support, maintenance’

English entertainment

Today it means

noun A type of programming, especially talk shows and talk radio, which is characterized by anger or which provokes anger in its audience.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / angertainment