Blame Game
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
An unproductive cycle where people focus on assigning fault instead of understanding causes and fixing the problem. In incident culture, the blame game is exactly what postmortem practices are meant to prevent.
In plain English: A situation where people argue about fault instead of solving the problem.
Example: "The outage review got pulled back on track after the lead stopped the blame game and redirected the conversation toward detection gaps and rollout safeguards."
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