Usually means: Decline in quality, absurd twist.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. jump the_shark: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. jump the_shark: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jump the_shark: The Word Spy
  4. jump the_shark: Wiktionary
  5. jump the_shark: Dictionary.com
  6. Jump The Shark, Jump the_Shark (The X-Files), Jump the Shark, Jump the shark: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Jump the Shark: The Word Detective
  8. Jump the shark: World Wide Words

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jump-the-shark: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (jump the shark)

verb:  (idiomatic, of a television program or other narrative) To undergo a storyline development which heralds a fundamental and generally disappointing change in direction.
verb:  (idiomatic, by extension) To experience a decline in quality, appeal, popularity, etc.

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