Meaning of psychojargon | Babel Free

Definitions

psychobabble

rare, uncountable

Examples

“There's a condition in combat—most people know⟳ it by now. It occurs when a soldier's nervous system has reached the breaking point⟳. In World War I, it was called shell shock⟳. Simple, honest, direct⟳ language. Two syllables. Shell shock⟳. Almost sounds like⟳ the guns themselves. Shell shock⟳!![...] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess⟳ it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress⟳ disorder. It was still eight syllables, but a hyphen had been added, and, at last⟳, the pain had been completely buried under psycho-jargon. Post-traumatic stress⟳ disorder. I'd be willing to bet⟳ anything that if we'd still been calling it shell shock⟳, some of those Vietnam veterans might have⟳ received the attention they needed, at the time they needed it.”

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