Citations:thought shower

English citations of thought shower

• 2003 April 26, Liz Lightfoot, “Talk of brainstorming 'may offend epileptics'”, in The Telegraph‎^[1]:

  Trainee teachers are being told to avoid the word for fear of offending pupils with epilepsy. Instead they are being advised to use "word storm" or "thought shower".

• 2004 August 31, Alan Combes, Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Citzenship, David Fulton Publishers, →ISBN, →OL, page 60:

  The lesson could start with a ‘thought shower’ session considering the arguments for and against getting involved as an individual when pupils witness a crime such as robbery and assault.

• 2007 March 27, Hazel L. Reid with Alison J. Fielding, Providing Support to Young People: A Guide to Interviewing in Helping Relationships, page 93:

  The thought shower process often releases a great deal of creativity and it is surprising how often a suggestion, which previously would have been discounted immediately as impossible, leads to some action when it is considered in this way.

• 2007 April 19, Rosemary Feasey, Primary Science for Teaching Assistants, Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 41:

  What they say gets written down as a ‘thought shower’ of statements or ideas.

• 2010 May 1, P. J. Vanston, Crump, Leicester: Matador, →ISBN, →OL, page 277:

  “Coz ‘brainstorm’ might offend epileptics, apparently,” said Matthew, rolling his eyes, “it’s ‘disablist’ language, so they say.”
  “You gotta fuckin’ say fuckin’ ‘thought shower’ – I mean what the fuckin’ cunt’s a fuckin’ cunt wank ‘thought shower’? Know what a fuckin’ golden shower is though, right?”