educanto
n.— «What Mr. Weaver seems to care about most is spending. Or, as he calls it in pure educanto, inputs.» —“Throw money at it” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) Dec. 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
You must log in to post a comment.
At First Blush (episode #1529) 07/15/2019: Book recommendations and the art of apology. Martha and Grant share some good reads, including an opinionated romp through English grammar, a Spanish-language adventure novel,... [more]
Gift Horse (episode #1528) 07/01/2019: The edge of the Grand Canyon. A remote mountaintop. A medieval cathedral. Some places are so mystical you feel like you're close to another dimension... [more]
Had the Radish (episode #1527) 06/21/2019: Your first name is very personal, but what if you don't like it? For some people, changing their name works out great but for others... [more]
Abso-Bloomin-Lutely (episode #1526) 06/03/2019: The autocomplete function on your phone comes in handy, of course. But is it changing the way we write and how linguists study language? Also,... [more]
Niblings and Nieflings (episode #1525) 05/14/2019: How do actors bring Shakespeare's lines to life so that modern audiences immediately understand the text? One way is to emphasize the names of people... [more]
I believe I encountered ‘educanto’ (derog.: the jargon of professional educators) in one of the anti-education-establishment books I read at the time I was in teacher training in the late ’60s. If I had to guess, I’d say it was Paul Goodman’s _Compulsory_Miseducation_, but that was a long time ago.
Here’s a citation from 1963, Time magazine, Aug. 23, letter to the editor:
Sir: Scholars in the academic disciplines have long suspected that pretentious educationist jargon [Aug. 9] betrays a scarcity of actual content. This “educanto” seems to be a brave facade hiding a bleakness of thought, a paucity of ideas and an intellectual immaturity.
E. R. LOCKE
Orlando, Fla.
URL: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875071-4,00.html#ixzz0gfP3alvr