Comments on: Buzzword Bingo

By: Greg Forster

Greg Forster — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:48:21 +0000

Buzzword Bingo was already used by Dilbert years ago, so I’d vote for Lingo Bingo.

And I’ll tell you, sometimes when I have to wade through this stuff, it makes me mad enough to turn into a socio-sociopath.

By: Jay P. Greene

Jay P. Greene — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:35:04 +0000

We have a winner! Congratulations to Matt Ladner for managing to find:
meganarratives, counter-narratives, narratives, mindfulness, and phonocentrism in education publications. I would say that now he can get a PhD but he already has one.

Another reader suggested that we change the name of the game to Lingo Bingo. I don’t know. It’s a tough choice between rhyming and alliteration.

Also, can someone come up with a the best word for something bigger than meganarratives? Mega is the prefix that means “million.” A billion would be giga, so how about giganarratives? This is almost as much fun as adding socio to words. How about socio-giganarratives?

By: matthewladner

matthewladner — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:44:49 +0000

BINGO!!!

Down the leftmost column:

http://www.tcrecord.org/library/Abstract.asp?ContentId=15225

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=O4NDMQCErvcC&dq=counternarratives&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Sqc_pZ3Zkm&sig=gHzLH1_oqs1nOaHsR4ffuQeYH2E

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED309681&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED309681

http://jhp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/44/4/468

http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=135479867&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine

By: Stuart Buck

Stuart Buck — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:38:10 +0000

Post-modernity is so passe. Maybe futurist? Not aggressive enough. So I’m starting a new movement: post-futurism. Try topping that!