waan van de dag

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “delusion of the day”.

Noun

waan van de dag m (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Fashionable but ultimately trivial ideas and preoccupations that dominate public discourse (as contrasted with larger, more long-term issues); the discourse du jour.
    Het publiek denkt liever aan de waan van de dag dan dat het stilstaat bij toekomstige problemen. ― The public prefers thinking about the trivial discourse du jour to reflecting on the problems of the future.
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