English Explanatory Dictionary

mushroom syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of being supplied with little or no information and often instead intentionally supplied with misinformation.

Word forms

mushroom syndrome

Etymology

A humorous metaphor about the cultivation of mushrooms, in that they are "given shit and kept in the dark".

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