blamestorm

English

Etymology

From blame +‎ storm; presumably influenced by brainstorm.

Noun

blamestorm (plural blamestorms)

1. A process for determining the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something
   • 2000, Nelson DeMille, The Lion's Game, page 354:

     This was more of a brainstorming session, which is better than a blamestorm, and we were all invited to share and contribute.

   • 2008 February 16, The Magpie, “Harsh realities”, in Townsville Bulletin:

     SO is this the end to the blamestorm which has swirled around black/white relations in Australia for more than 200 years?

   • 2008 November 30, Gary Crooks, Spokane Spokesman-Review:

     Apathetic, yet curious, he solved the conundrum by facebooking his prey, then weathering the blamestorm. Victory was his.

   • 2008 April 24, Carlos Amato, “Enough blamestorming!”, in The Times (Johannesburg):

     We should all be ashamed of ourselves for using Leila Parreira’s grave illness, and her husband’s departure to be with her, as a pretext for a ridiculously futile blamestorm.

Verb

blamestorm (third-person singular simple present blamestorms, present participle blamestorming, simple past and past participle blamestormed)

1. to have a blamestorm, i.e., a session where a group discusses the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something
   • 2002, Jonathan Feldman, Sams Teach Yourself Network Troubleshooting in 24 Hours, page 176:

     So before blamestorming wireless, make sure that the problem does not exist when you are using wired networking.

   • 2004 October 1, “Create a no-blame lab environment.”, in Medical Laboratory Observer:

     Instead of brainstorming and problem-solving, professionals blamestormed, creating more problems and inaction.

   • 2005 February 7, Rick Y, “Thanks Birds..”, in alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I'm gald to see that there are people like you that appreciate the Eagles and aren't just looking to blamestorm and blow off steam.