English

Adjective

shark-jumping ‎(not comparable)

1. Becoming unbelievable or disappointing due to plot developments.
   • Christian Lander (2008) Stuff White People Like, ISBN 1740667026, page 171: “But if you must declare a shark-jumping moment, the best bet is to say that the show jumped between the two “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” episodes.”
   • 2012, Oliver Thring, “Me and my spoon”, in (Please provide the title of the work), The Guardian:

     To me this dinner, with its tasting notes and the rest, seemed like the dernier cri in shark-jumping foodie bullshit.