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Posted By: Janie
11-May-11 - 10:17 PM
Thread Name: Recognising Psychobabble
Subject: RE: Recognising Psychobabble
From: Amos - PM
Date: 25 Apr 06 - 10:56 PM

All these words have realmeanings -- they just get pirated by lazy thinkers to do work for them they don't want to confront.

Policy: general guidelines on how people in a group will handle situations. Perverted definition: an excuse to give you crappy service.

Closure: A feeling of completion which brings relief to one who has attention held onto something not finished. For example, if you send a letter revealing deep feelings, and the person hasn't answered yet, no closure until th e big question mark is resolved. Similarly if you have has a fighting relationship with a parent for thirty years, but somehow the two of you finally get to communicate and settle the issues between you, you both feel that relationship has reached a completion point and experience closure. Perverted definition: used to make you do something you don't want to even start, let alone finish!

Quality time is shorthand for time two people spend being with each other and enhoying each other's company, sharing thoughts and experiencing their mutual friendship. It is used in sharp distinction to helter-skelter business time, or having to get things done in a rush so all communications have to be chopped short. Perfectly legitimate distinction. Perverted use: Used as an excuse for very low-quality time by promising quality time later; used as a substitute for the actual article by taking about "quality time".

All relationships are meaningful -- the problem is some people give them very skimpy meanings! : D


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Subject: RE: Recognising Psychobabble
From: autolycus - PM
Date: 26 Apr 06 - 03:02 AM

It also depends on how the words are heard....