banalysis

banalysis
Banal, facile or trite analysis that provides no insight

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  • banalysis — Combinaton of the words banal and analysis. Banalysis is explanation of the obvious, ususally in a manner of presumed importance. For example, if someone tells you stocks are rising because investors are buying, that s banalysis. Cory s going to… …   Dictionary of american slang

  • banalysis — Combinaton of the words banal and analysis. Banalysis is explanation of the obvious, ususally in a manner of presumed importance. For example, if someone tells you stocks are rising because investors are buying, that s banalysis. Cory s going to… …   Dictionary of american slang

  • banalysis — (BAY.nal.uh.sis or buh.NAL.uh.sys) n. Analysis or reasoning that is commonplace, trivial, or trite. Example Citation: All this would make food for thought, if only the public, in undiminished and indeed ever growing numbers, did not demonstrate… …   New words

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  • Stepford — (STEP.furd) adj. Relating to a person who has an unthinking, conformist, and uncritical attitude. Example Citation: The aural companion to the Joel and Ethan Coen film [ O Brother, Where Art Thou? ] starring George Clooney has made believers out… …   New words

  • barking head — n. A pundit or commentator who speaks in a loud voice and whose comments tend to be abrasive, aggressive, and partisan. Example Citation: Try finding a discussion of these issues on any news network. The barking heads who usurp the space of… …   New words

  • chartjunk — n. Chart elements that serve no purpose or hinder understanding of the chart s data. Also: chart junk. Example Citations: The classic example is the use of dot headed figures to convey quantities; this clutters up the chart without adding any… …   New words

  • chatterati — (chat.uh.RAT.ty) n. The elite members of the chattering classes. Example Citation: While the London chatterati think a Labour landslide is a turn off, the Scottish middle classes are quite willing to participate in inevitable triumphs for the… …   New words

  • commentariat — n. Pundits, experts, analysts, and other commentators. Example Citation: The polls showed that people did not trust [Clinton], even more than they did not trust him the week before; but they still supported him. It could only be a matter of time …   New words

  • punditeer — (pun.duh.TEER) n. A young and inexperienced critic or commentator. Example Citation: Washingtonians still cling to their notions of power, even as the city s importance is draining away. Instead of great cold war statesmen, we have Clinton,… …   New words

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