July 9, 2004
Vocabulary Minute
Fun phrases that I picked up this week:
- White Palace (Michael Froomkin) - the current White House and its insularity from reality
- Think Spa (Barbara Ehrenreich) - Pampered policy-paper factory, presumably one that writes to promote an ideology rather than analyze reality.
- Security Theater (Bruce Schneier, via Ed Felten via Michael Froomkin) - Measures designed to give the appearance of security instead of actual security. Felten's example: checking bags "randomly", but only after warning people in advance whose bags will be checked.
What are
your favorite new phrases?
Posted by V at July 9, 2004 01:34 PM
"Think spa" is definitely my favorite. I'm going to use it all the time. To my friend at AEI: "Ahh... how's life at your think spa these days?" Teehee..
LOL those are all great. I'll ditto J on "think spa" being my fav too.
