This post marks the launch of a new feature titled "Definition of the Day". Our first installment: flash in the pan.Flash in the pan (noun) -
Something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning.
This metaphoric term alludes to the 17th-century flintlock musket, which could be fired only when the flash of the priming powder in the lockpan ignited the charge in the bore. When it failed to ignite, there was only a flash in the pan and the gun did not shoot (via answers.com).
[Please note: while informative, the Definition of the Day may prove to be our most passive-aggressive regular feature]
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