Is mentee an acceptable word?

padanarm | 09:32 Tue 14th Jul 2009 | Phrases & Sayings

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I was on a training course yesterday where we discussed acting as mentor for less experienced team members. Everyone seemed to be using the term 'mentee' meaning the person being supported.

Learning Skills Council Jargon - mentee.

Is mentee an acceptable word is it just another piece of made-up modern liberal pinko jargon?

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Big sigh. Discussed this recently with a retired clasics teacher - he's in his 80s.

Mentor comes from the tale of Odysseus and the Trojan War when Odysseus entrusted his son, Telemachus, to Mentor, a trusted friend.

Mentus is a back formation from Mentor. The term should really be 'the telemachus'.

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