BATHOS

ba·thos  (bths, -thôs)

n.

1.

a. An abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.

b. An anticlimax.

2.

a. Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos: "a richly textured man who . . . can be . . . sentimental to the brink of bathos" (Kenneth L. Woodward).

b. Banality; triteness.

Television Zombie - Defined

TELEVISION ZOMBIE ~ an animated corpse of a brain dead person who subsist solely off of television. The condition is potentially contagious. Like the traditional zombie, the television zombie seeks live human brains to create more animated corpses. However, rather than eat the brains of their victims, the TV zombies try to kill their victims brain cells by speaking and acting in confusing televisionese--which can be characterized as grandiose mimicry.

untenable

Function: adjective

1 : not able to be defended
2 : not able to be occupied