analysisparalysis
unable to make a decision
TRANSLATION
Überforderung und Blockierung durch Informationsflut
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
ANALYSISPARALYSIS is a word that describes the condition suffered when our decision-making ability is made impossible due to an overwhelming amount of information.
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Would you have guessed that over 15,000 new words from the English-speaking world are created every month? This does not mean, however, that they will all survive - only a small percentage finally get entered into The Oxford English Dictionary.
The word analysisparalysis is a candidate word that may or may not achieve dictionary status - a phrase with a similar meaning is "information fatigue syndrome".
At the risk of inducing 'analysisparalysis' in you, here are some other new word candidates for you to reflect over:
- achiever fever = a condition that reduces life to a permanent round of work-related activities
- road rage/trolley rage/golf rage = extreme anger on roads/supermarkets/golf courses
- ego-surfing = searching the Internet for occurences of your own name
- microphobes = opponents of Microsoft
- high-five = two people slapping their hand over their heads
- videofit = Phantombild, das am Bildschirm erstellt wird
- to go ballistic = an die Decke gehen
- outworker = HeimarbeiterIn
- chill out (Am slang) = sich beruhigen, relaxen
- gateway drug = Einstiegsdroge
- technophobe = jd, der Technomusik ablehnt
- style slave = jd, der sich nur nach der neuesten Mode kleidet
- street/road pizza = flattened body of dead animal on the road
- money puker = an automatic teller machine/cashpoint (Geldautomat)
The word analysisparalysis is a candidate word that may or may not achieve dictionary status - a phrase with a similar meaning is "information fatigue syndrome".
At the risk of inducing 'analysisparalysis' in you, here are some other new word candidates for you to reflect over:
- achiever fever = a condition that reduces life to a permanent round of work-related activities
- road rage/trolley rage/golf rage = extreme anger on roads/supermarkets/golf courses
- ego-surfing = searching the Internet for occurences of your own name
- microphobes = opponents of Microsoft
- high-five = two people slapping their hand over their heads
- videofit = Phantombild, das am Bildschirm erstellt wird
- to go ballistic = an die Decke gehen
- outworker = HeimarbeiterIn
- chill out (Am slang) = sich beruhigen, relaxen
- gateway drug = Einstiegsdroge
- technophobe = jd, der Technomusik ablehnt
- style slave = jd, der sich nur nach der neuesten Mode kleidet
- street/road pizza = flattened body of dead animal on the road
- money puker = an automatic teller machine/cashpoint (Geldautomat)
