Appeasement
From The Extended Group
Appeasement is a term applied colloquially within the Extended Group to refer to a social state of affairs in which one person's generally unreasonable eccentricities are tolerated for the purposes of avoiding confrontation.
Analysis
Usage in this manner is a play on the 1938 Munich Peace Talks in which Hitler was "appeased" by being granted sovereignty over the Sudetenland. The appeasing group member is inevitably compared to then British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. This historical allusion has entered sporadic use since its height in Senior Year of High School, and is a textbook example of Group Metaphors.
Trivia
- Kevin will often ask Brett if he has achieved "Cheese in our time," satirizing Chamberlain's famous "Peace in our time" declaration, while simultaneously evoking Brett's love of cheese.
