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- noun A process for determining the
cause (s), human and otherwise, of thefailure of something - verb to have a blamestorm, i.e., a
session where a group discusses thecause (s), human and otherwise, of thefailure of something
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I have the privilege of living in LA during this blamestorm (another of 2007's tantalizing top ten words) between writers and producers which is really simply the larger issue, writ locally and to a specific industry, of technology overrunning older systems mechanized by outdated business models.
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December 13, 2007 at 4:09 pm gut wort–bedder den “truthiness” ore “blamestorm”
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You have got a blamestorm to figure out how you're going to handle it.
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We're talking things like sardoodledum and blamestorm.
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In the wake of Lightfoot's good-humoured resurrection, a huge blamestorm blew through the media and blogosphere, and few seemed to be able to get the story straight.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Rebecca Fleming 2010
oroboros commented on the word blamestorm
* BLAMESTORMING:
Sitting round in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
October 3, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word blamestorm
This is a fine word.
October 3, 2007
bilby commented on the word blamestorm
"Today's conservative leaders are back where they were after Sen. Barry Goldwater's crushing defeat in 1964. They're frantically looking for somebody to blame -- including, of course, the media.
Fortunately, cooler heads at the Republican Governors Conference this past week in Miami were more interested in a brainstorm, not just a blamestorm. That helps to explain why governors have a better track record of producing White House winners from their ranks than member of Congress do."
- Clarence Page, 'GOP Seeks Silver Linings In A Blamestorm', 17 Nov 2008.
November 18, 2008