To sendbackize

Dictionary entry

To sendbackize — To refer a question, request or responsibility back to another person without providing a substantive answer, while creating the appearance of active contribution.

Verb. French original: Sendbackiser.

French pronunciation: /sɛnd.ba.ki.ze/ — English approximation: send-back-ee-ZAY.

To refer a question, request or responsibility back to another person without providing a substantive answer, while creating the appearance of active contribution.

Example

“I sendbackize the file; my counterpart promptly sendbackizes it back to me.”

English conjugation

  • Infinitive: to sendbackize
  • Present: I/you/we/they sendbackize
  • Third-person singular: he/she/it sendbackizes
  • Past simple: sendbackized
  • Past participle: sendbackized
  • Present participle: sendbackizing

Related noun: Sendbackism (sendbackisme).

Sendbackizing does not simply mean refusing to answer: it generates another interaction while carefully avoiding the production of an answer.

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