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Word of the Day Revisited



alex1968
Greece

Word of the Day Revisited
 
Word of the day!
 
Right everyone, here is the new WOD to play around with.

tergiversation

Remember to come up with interesting, amusing, ridiculous definitions of the word... that is to say, any definition you like but not the real definition.Wink

Participation is the name of the game, not evasion! And don �t please don �t desert us somewhere in the middle!

Will choose a winner on Sunday.

Enjoy the weekend!!!

Alex

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23 Feb 2013      





MarionG
Netherlands

This is one of these new words coined by the spiritual New Age movement, along attitudal healing and centering...
Tergiversation is a new, conscious form of conversing with those you are in some sort of conflict with. In an antagonistic state, the natural tendency of many is to dominate the conversation (stating, explaining, reiterating and rephrasing our point of view). Tergiversation is all about GIVING the other a change to lead the converSATION. By letting the other state, explain and reiterate their views one removes the tension since the other will feel s/he �s being heard.

24 Feb 2013