nine-day wonder UK /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndə/US /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndɚ/ noun1 •Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.This that I did vvas for a policie, / To smooth and keepe the murther secret, / VVhich at a nine daies vvonder being ore-blovvne, / My gentle sister vvill I novv inlarge. — 1587 formsnine day wonders · nine-day wonders