hypocrisy

[wordlover]

has anyone ever heard the phrase 'self perpetuating hyprocrisy' when refering to something like the more you scratch a mosquito bite, the more it will itch?

[Quizmonster]

'Self fulfilling prophecy' is a common phrase which means that if someone goes on and on predicting a certain outcome it often comes true. For example, if teachers tell little Billy day after day that he will never amount to anything as he's utterly useless, it's quite likely that that is precisely will happen to little Billy.
Is that the phrase you refer to?

[maxximus]

like if you keep creating terrorists you will have a perpetual war on terrorism? naw, never heard of it.

[Big Al1st]

I dont know, but I will ask Tony Blair, next time I see him if he knows what it means!

[wordlover]

to quizmonster: thanks, I am familiar with this phrase, but have a co-worker that insists the 'self perpetuating hypocrisy' is a legitimate phrase as well and it was used in describing a mosquito bite and the itching that occurs. I am trying to prove him wrong as I have a bit of a bet on.

[Quizmonster]

You probably did a Google search on the phrase, Wordlover but, if not, it throws up only two websites which use the exact phrase. One of them refers to feminism as a 'self perpetuating hypocrisy'. Presumably, this means that women knew their demands were based on false beliefs and yet those very beliefs strongly expressed caused other women to state the same demands...ie the hypocrisy was 'self-perpetuating'.
Whether the existence of these two web-pages makes the phrase "legitimate", as you describe it, is up to you, I guess.

For any feminist reading this, the views above are my interpretation of someone else's views...not mine!

[wordlover]

to quizmonster: Thanks for that. That wasn't the context in which it was used, but may mean I have lost the bet depending on whether it was used properly or that the phrase existed at all.