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Train wreck - Definition and Overview

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Train wreck at Montparnasse, France, 1865

A train wreck occurs when a train crashes. The term is sometimes used metaphorically, such as Newt Gingrich's assertion that a government shutdown would be a "train wreck."

The term "train wreck" is also used metaphorically to describe something distasteful or disastrous, yet compelling ("You don't want to stare, but you just can't look away").

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