# Underwhelming holiday snaps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwhelming-holiday-snaps/762722>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwhelming-holiday-snaps/762722 "2016-08-13T22:03:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwhelming-holiday-snaps/762722/1 "2016-08-13T22:03:18Z")

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The Guardian has a nice selection [here](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2016/aug/12/your-even-more-underwhelming-uk-holiday-photos). I hope your holidays were better!

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**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwhelming-holiday-snaps/762722/2 "2016-08-13T22:10:21Z")

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Funny! Reminds me of the camper holiday episode of _Father Ted_. (Yes, I know that was set in Ireland, but still…)

BTW, is “underwhelming” a proper word, or is it an illegitimate back formation?