An anticlimax can be intentionally employed only for a jocular or satiric purpose. Anticipation was high, but the fight was an anticlimax. It's a sad, lonely sort of anticlimax. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. Eliminating the anticlimax and confusion seen at the Minneapolis Miracle game was deemed more important. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. Unfortunately, it's not quite enough to prevent this album from being something of an anticlimax. After this the rest of the match was an anticlimax. This can create anticlimax for humour or other purposes. "Harden's" restaurant guide described the opening as an "anticlimax". "The Assistants", "Mr. Young" and "Anticlimax". The rest of the war was an anticlimax for Hunt. Danjuma described the fall of Enugu as "an anticlimax". "Anticlimax" was first published in 1990 by The Women's Press and New York University Press.