A colleague in my office came up with a really good new word this week.
Flatronisation (noun) from flatronise (verb) meaning “to flatter in a patronising manner”.
It covers such a wide range of situations, both domestic and professional. I think we should start a campaign to get it adopted as a recognised word……
“Don’t you flatronise me!”
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‘nouns’ what are they ?, i only went to a secondary modern in Liverpool 🙂
so you mean things like “Oh dalring your so good at the housework you do, why not just go into kitchen and do some more while i watch tv and keep out your way”, would that fit into the “flatronisation” definition 🙂
That would indeed fit the definition . Or, in a work context, “That was a very good presentation for someone with your limited experience.”
There’s so many potential examples – now I’m on the look out for it, I see flatronisation everywhere!