This week’s word is for the Millennials. It is
BLAMESTORMING
Once upon a time, not really that long ago, most folks possessed honesty, and strength of character. They took responsibility for their own actions and mistakes. Now, with entitlement piling up like Trump’s tweets against the non-existent Mexican wall, nobody admits to nuthin’. No matter who you ask or accuse – they were facing north, when things went south.
Definition of blamestorming
The process of assigning blame for an outcome or situation.
Origin of blamestorming
Blamestorming was originally a colloquialism in American English, modeled on the much earlier (1907) brainstorming. It entered English in the 1990s.
“I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down the cherry tree.” was a loooonngg time ago. ‘No guts – No glory’ is taking on a sadly different meaning. Far too few people have the guts to take responsibility for their own decisions and actions. President Harry Truman would be disappointed to find an America populated with consequence-avoiding wimps who have changed his famous slogan to ‘The Buck Passes Here.’ 😛
The current U.S. President isn’t helping this trend. He never backs down from an error, no matter how obvious. He doubles and triples down and his base loves it. This is a new phenomenon in this country, but not in dictatorships around the world and throughout history.
“The Democrats are responsible for family separations at the border.”
He’s the Blamestormer in Chief
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Too right! It was his actions when this showed up as the word of the day, that convinced me to use it. 😯
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