The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90952   Message #1727825
Posted By: M.Ted
26-Apr-06 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: Recognising Psychobabble
Subject: RE: Recognising Psychobabble
Giok is on to something meaningful here--and I think he is right. Most of these words are used to mean the opposite of what they seem to mean--When people say they are going to spend some "quality time" with someone, it really means that they have been neglecting them--"validation" is used to indicated that something has been disregarded --People usually propose using a "carrot and stick" approach to conceal the fact that they haven't done anything to support or encourage the subject at all--

As to "psychobabble", excluding this discussion, when you hear it, it is the usually the speaker who is babbling like a psycho--