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blainestorming

the pursuit of the perfect number for a musical or show choir competition'

in refference to Blaine Anderson, lead Warbler on the Fox tv sow Glee.
Hey Kurt! I was just blainestorming and I came up with the perfect number for Regionals!
by kaimariee September 3, 2011
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Blainestorming

v. "the pursuit of the perfect number for a musical or show choir competition"

The word comes from Liam_the_lemming's "Coming Out, Standing Up, Walking Tall," a fanfiction based around characters and situations from the television series "Glee." Blainestorming is named after Blaine Anderson, a character known for being in a relationship with Kurt Hummel of the New Directions and being a part of the Warblers, a competing Glee club.
"A term jumped to the forefront of Dave's mind. 'Wow. Nice bit of Blainestorming there, guys,' he grinned."

Example comes from "Chapter 11: Family, Friends, and Faithfulness" of Liam_the_lemming's "Coming Out, Standing Up, Walking Tall."
by Sprnaturalcraze September 4, 2011
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blamestorming

v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem

n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem

(from a TV ad for HD television)
The committee commenced blamestorming over the situation rather than seeking solutions to the problem.
by TBea April 22, 2008
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Blamestorming

(noun)

1. A meeting intended to determine why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
I just got out of a three hour blamestorming session with IT about the server failure last week; Someone's going to end up in unemployment over this.
by naz_ghul March 14, 2003
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Blamestorming

Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and identifying a scapegoat.
After a second customer refused to sign their newly-and-incompetently-redesigned "three-tier" support agreement, the VP of Support and the COO held a blamestorming session and decided to pin the problem on the customer rep, who was subsequently fired.
by Best Served Cold May 7, 2010
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Business meetings that devolve into finding fault for why projects have gone wrong, rather than looking for successful results. This is also known as postmortem.
After four months of secret meetings and public blamestorming, the Legislature will adjourn, having done some favors for powerful special interests and approved a budget that spends hundreds of millions of dollars more than the state will take in.
by The Commadore September 29, 2008
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Blamestorming

Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who is responsible.
"Oh, great, we lost the Carson deal. Time for some more blamestorming."
by Zak May 3, 2003
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