BLAMESTORM Definition & Meaning

blamestorm

[ bleym-stawrm ]

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noun

the process of assigning blame for a negative outcome or situation:
There’s always the blamestorm that happens after a power outage.
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)

to go through the process of assigning blame:
It does no good to blamestorm—you should be looking for a solution.

blamestorm

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verb

(of colleagues in a business, government, etc) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure

noun

a meeting to discuss who is to blame for an error or failure

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�y��vlog 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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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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