A word your cheap fuck employer starts using copiously weeks or even months before the holiday season or yearly performance review to effectively preempt any attempts by you to ask for a raise, or even expect a decent christmas bonus.

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)