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blamestorm

[ bleym-stawrm ]

noun

  1. the process of assigning blame for a negative outcome or situation:

    There’s always the blamestorm that happens after a power outage.

  2. a meeting or group discussion for this purpose:

    Blamestorming is a tool our company uses to figure out why a deadline was missed.



verb (used without object)

  1. to go through the process of assigning blame:

    It does no good to blamestorm—you should be looking for a solution.

blamestorm

/ ˈbleɪmˌstɔːm /

verb

  1. (of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a meeting to discuss who is to blame for an error or failure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blamestorm1

First recorded in 1995–2000; blame ( def ) + storm ( def ), on the pattern of brainstorm ( def )
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Example Sentences

The Tories are all over this fiascoThis simply looks like a massive blamestorm to me.Payback by the big banks for the pretensions of the nasty prole Co-Op 10.

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