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the gap between the brochure in your head and the room you walked into
means The feeling of letdown when something or someone falls short of what you hoped, expected, or were promised.
from From the verb 'disappoint,' which came into English in the 1400s from Old French 'desapointer' — literally to undo an appointment or, more pointedly, to strip someone of an 'appointment' meaning a position or office. So the earliest disappointment was a very concrete betrayal: you were promised a post and then dispossessed of it. Over time the official sting softened into the everyday ache of any unmet expectation. Built from 'dis-' (the great undoer) plus 'appoint,' itself from 'a-' (to) and 'point' — to set a point or arrangement. To be disappointed, then, is to have your point un-set.
- brain chemistry
- dopamine drops when reality undershoots prediction
- etymology
- from French, literally to remove from office
- parental classic
- not anger, just disappointment, weaponized worldwide
- economics
- unmet expectations drive most consumer complaints
- upside
- lower expectations statistically raise reported happiness
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