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Council bans the word "brainstorming" Nick Allen A council has banned the term "brainstorming" and replaced it with "thought showers". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent was accused of taking political correctness to extremes after instructing staff to make the change. The move came as council chiefs feared the word brainstorming might offend mentally ill people and those with epilepsy. The buzz term is often used by executives to generate ideas among their staff.
(Article continues below) But memos have been sent to staff asking them not to use it and some have been given training which encouraged them to use the alternative of thought showers. Even charities representing epileptics said the ban was taking political correctness too far. Margaret Thomas, of the National Society for Epilepsy, said: "Brainstorming is a clear and descriptive phrase. "Alternatives such as thought shower or blue-sky thinking are ambiguous to say the least. "Any implication that the word brainstorming is offensive to epileptics takes political correctness too far."
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