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Meaning: (idiomatic,oftenattributively)Apersonwho, orthingwhich, is in agraduallyworseningsituationwithout anyrealizationof theperiluntil it is toolate.Environmental pollution and the overconsumption of nonreplenishable resources is theboiling frogsyndrome of the 21st century.2005,Ric Edelman, “The Greatest Discovery of the 20th Century”, inThe Truth about Money, 3rd edition, Emmaus, Pa.:Rodale, Inc.,→ISBN, part I (Introduction to Financial Planning),page26:You can guess what the politicians said back then, too. "Don't worry," I'll bet they claimed, "tax rates will never rise!" It's theBoiling FrogSyndrome all over again.2009,Richard Boyatzis, “How and Why Individuals are Able to Develop Emotional Intelligence”, in Cary Cherniss,Daniel Goleman, editors,The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select for, Measure, and Improve Emptional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations(The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series), San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass,John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN,page244:The greatest challenge to an accurate current self-image (that is, seeing yourself as others see you and in a way consistent with your other internal states, beliefs, emotions, and so forth) is theboiling frogsyndrome. Several factors contribute to this syndrome. First, people around you may not let you see a change. They may not give you feedback or information about how they see it. Also, they may be victims of theboiling frogsyndrome themselves, adjusting their perception daily.2010, Anne[Elizabeth]Makzulak, “Green Biotechnology”, inSustainability: Building Eco-friendly Communities(Green Technology), New York, N.Y.: Facts On File,Infobase Publishing,→ISBN,page39:Theboiling frogsyndrome portrays how people react to change. Dramatic sudden changes instigate resistance and even anger in many individuals. Conversely, people do well at adjusting to slow change that occurs over a long period of time.2015July 1, Alex Konrad, “Meet Docker’s Solomon Hykes, the Godfather of Software’s Container Craze”, inForbes[1], archived fromthe originalon2 July 2015:DotCloud was a "boiling frog." That's how [Solomon] Hykes and early investorPeter Fentonof Benchmark now describe dotCloud as it struggled in 2012. Put a frog in water and gradually heat it, the folk legend goes, and the frog won't notice that it's being cooked until it's too late.2016May 4, Shaun Prescott, quotingTim Sweeney, “Tim Sweeney Renews Attack on Microsoft’s UWP[Universal Windows Platform]”, inPC Gamer[2], archived fromthe originalon6 May 2016:Look at Facebook: Every company moved their brand presence to Facebook, sending out messages for their customers to receive. Now, you have to pay to send out your messages to people who chose to follow you. [You’ve become] aboiling frog.2018May 2, Sandipan Sharma, “WHO Report on Pollution: Politicos Playing Petty Politics while People Choke, Citizens Need to Demand More”, inFirstpost[3], archived fromthe originalon8 May 2018:TheWorld Health Organisation’s latest data on air pollution proves there are moreboiling frogsin India than anywhere else. People in 14 Indian cities are breathing the world’s most toxic air. Yet, like the metaphorical frogs who boil to death slowly without being aware of the danger, they are completely oblivious to the tragic fate that awaits them.2018June 7,John Rentoul, “The David Davis resignation crisis is over for today – but this is just the start of troubles to come”, inThe Independent[4], London, archived fromthe originalon12 June 2018:Some people have describedTheresa May’s approach to the hard Brexiters in her cabinet asboiling frogs: raising the temperature of the water so gradually that[David] Davis,Boris Johnson,Michael GoveandLiam Foxdon’t realise they are being cooked.2018August 22, Nassim Khadem, Patrick Hatch, quoting Paul Abbey, “‘Boiling frog’: Business, tax experts slam rejection of corporate cuts”, inThe Sydney Morning Herald[5], Sydney, N.S.W., archived fromthe originalon3 November 2018:Our attractiveness as a location for investment is diminished. Unfortunately the pain is aboiling frog, as we can never know the investment and growth opportunities we will forsake.
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