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Thread #90952 Message #1727674
Posted By: John MacKenzie
26-Apr-06 - 03:57 AM
Thread Name: Recognising Psychobabble
Subject: RE: Recognising Psychobabble
Most of the words quoted are management speak, which is something like social worker speak, aka circumlocution; saying something unpleasant in a different way to make it sound more acceptable to the listener/reader. I think that attitude problem or bad attitude predates most of the examples quoted, and is derived from a genuine problem. Most of these expressions have their genesis in the PC and equal opportunities industry. They are awkward sounding, mainly because they are usually trying to impose an unnatural doctrine on an unwilling recipient. Giok