9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for March 14, 2008
March 13, 2008
March 15, 2008
Transcript:
"I'm speaking at the symposium this afternoon, but I haven't had time to write a speech that makes any sense, so I'm going to spew academic balderdash and employ a nodmeister." "What's a nodmeister?" "Someone who nods intermittently throughout a presentation to convey the impression that your mindless twaddle is actually cogent." "That's preposterous! Where are you going to find someone like that?!"
