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buck-passing en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English buck Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English -ing English passing English buck-passing From buck + passing.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
    • It's from here onwards that the whole web of buck-passing and excuses began. 2020 July 29, Barry Doe, “GWR climbs down... but it took too long to issue refund”, in Rail, page 58:

Relateds

the buck stops here · pass the buck

Synonyms

blame game

Translations (13)

tl pagsisisihan (blame shifting) · it scaricabarile (blame shifting) · sh prebacívānje odgovornosti (blame shifting) · de Schwarzer Peter (blame shifting) · it rimpallo di responsabilità (blame shifting) · ja 責任転嫁 (blame shifting) · de Schuldzuweisung (blame shifting) · sh ȉgrānje Crnog Petra (blame shifting) · pl zwalanie odpowiedzialności na innych (blame shifting) · ja 盥回し (blame shifting) · nb pekelek (blame shifting) · tl sisihan (blame shifting) · ja 蜥蜴の尻尾切り (blame shifting)