edu-babble
See also: edubabble
English
Alternative forms
- edubabble
Etymology
Blend of education + babble
Noun
edu-babble (uncountable)
- (education, derogatory) Jargon on educational topics; writing or speech containing a large amount of education jargon.
- 1992 November 17, “Schoolspeak”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
- Already notorious for edubabble, officials may have hit new depths with a four-page progress report used by the St. Louis public schools.
- 1998, Andy Hargreaves, International Handbook of Educational Change, page 412:
- Overwhelmed teachers yearn to escape the edu-babble of conflicting and unworkable policy directives
- 2009, Gwendolyn Green, Edu-Babble: The Glamorous World of the New York City Public School System, page 3:
- These terms, this way of talking, is what we like to refer to as “Edu-babble.” Orwell liked to call it doublespeak. Edu-babble is just that, with some hip catchphrases attached. And by hip I mean impractical.
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References
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6523323.stm