Psychobabble (a portmanteau of psychology or psychoanalysis and babble) is a form of prose using jargon, buzzwords and highly esoteric language to give an impression of plausibility through mystification, misdirection, and obfuscation.
The term implies that the speaker lacks the experience and understanding necessary for proper use of a given psychological term. Frequent usage can associate a clinical word with less meaningful buzzword definitions. Some psychological buzzwords have come into widespread use in business management training, motivational seminars, self-help, folk psychology, and popular psychology.
These words can be overused by laypersons in describing life problems as clinical maladies, when such nomenclature is not valuable, meaningful or appropriate.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 01:01 am Post Subject:
Hope this helps.
Really?? HaHa!...If his question is indicative of his mental capacity, then you just completely lost him with your first sentence!
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 02:09 am Post Subject:
To the OP: Other comments notwithstanding- are you asking if you can do the repairs to your home instead of having a contractor come in and do the work? Got a feeling you had a homeowner's insurance loss.
Is this on-target?
InsTeacher 8)
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 04:46 am Post Subject:
Got a feeling you had a homeowner's insurance loss.
I think you are right, Teacher. But we can't do much without knowing the details. Hope the OP would return to her thread.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 07:51 pm Post Subject:
I give up, can you?
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:48 pm Post Subject:
Yes.
Psychobabble (a portmanteau of psychology or psychoanalysis and babble) is a form of prose using jargon, buzzwords and highly esoteric language to give an impression of plausibility through mystification, misdirection, and obfuscation.
The term implies that the speaker lacks the experience and understanding necessary for proper use of a given psychological term. Frequent usage can associate a clinical word with less meaningful buzzword definitions. Some psychological buzzwords have come into widespread use in business management training, motivational seminars, self-help, folk psychology, and popular psychology.
These words can be overused by laypersons in describing life problems as clinical maladies, when such nomenclature is not valuable, meaningful or appropriate.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 01:01 am Post Subject:
Hope this helps.
Really?? HaHa!...If his question is indicative of his mental capacity, then you just completely lost him with your first sentence!
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 02:09 am Post Subject:
To the OP: Other comments notwithstanding- are you asking if you can do the repairs to your home instead of having a contractor come in and do the work? Got a feeling you had a homeowner's insurance loss.
Is this on-target?
InsTeacher 8)
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 04:46 am Post Subject:
Got a feeling you had a homeowner's insurance loss.
I think you are right, Teacher. But we can't do much without knowing the details. Hope the OP would return to her thread.
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