The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90952   Message #1727964
Posted By: Charmion
26-Apr-06 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: Recognising Psychobabble
Subject: RE: Recognising Psychobabble
My office cubicle is next to the "human resources" (speaking of babble) cell, and I invest a great deal of effort every day in blocking their utterances from my awareness. The section head (known as Foghorn for her resonant and forceful voice) has replaced her entire vocabulary with psychobabble, and one of these days I'm going to record her -- just for giggles. My tongue has a permanent dent in the tip where I keep it firmly clamped between my teeth to prevent myself from screeching at her that the idea behind language is communication, not obfuscation.