victim-blamey

victim-blamey

English

Etymology

victim-blame +‎ -y

Adjective

victim-blamey (comparative more victim-blamey, superlative most victim-blamey)

1. (informal) Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of victim-blaming.
   • 2013, Annika Wolters, "What Makes A Costume Offensive?", The AS Review (Western Washington University), Volume 29, Number 7, 30 October 2013, page 8:

     “I think any sort of advice on how to have a safer Halloween based only on the costume is very victim-blamey,” Wozniak said.

   • 2014, Timaree Schmit, "Bad Karma", Philadelphia Weekly, 24 September 2014 - 1 October 2014, page 19:

     They tell me you can never let your guard down. Not for a single second. That you should expect every fellow citizen to be a sociopath. It isn’t exactly victim-blamey, but it feels gross.

   • 2015, John Oliver, “Online harassment and revenge porn”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 18, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     And that whole distinctly victim-blamey sentiment of "if you didn't want this to happen, you shouldn't have taken photos" is hard-wired into mainstream culture.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:victim-blamey.