生活英语|blamestorming 批评风暴

once upon a time, the favorite word was brainstorming, which meant coming together in a positive way to create a storm of great ideas or solve a problem. Now the word is blamestorming, a negative word, which means everyone is blaming everyone else for something that goes wrong. In China, blamestorming takes place on the Internet when netizens post a series of accusations^{1 following an accident before all the evidence is in.}

Brainstorming（头脑风暴）以前非常受溺爱，意思是说大伙坐在一块，积极想方法解决问题，一群人可以想出一箩筐的主意。现在，这个词演变成了blamestorming（批评风暴），有贬义色彩，意思是说每一个人都怪其他人把事情搞砸了。在中国，有时事故发生后，证据还没有全部浮出水面，网民们就开始在网上攻讦别人，这就是blamestorming。