Jargon...I think the definition of "jargon" in its negative sense (no, I haven't googled the Wiki, this is my personal opinion) is..... high-falutin' words used to impress and intimidate the listener with the user's familiarity with a subject, when the same thing can be expressed in simpler terms....for example on the recent thread on "rodents" or other technical threads, I don't think you are all using jargon because those terms ARE perfectly comprehensible to all of you, and you are not out to impress anyone else.
For the worst jargon, one only has to read reviews of art exhibitions...even music reviews are sometimes not free of it. I recently read about the "patina of incredibiliousness" in someone's work, I kid you not. No, neither the artist nor the reviewer suffered bad digestion..but I certainly found that word very hard to stomach. Deepa. On 9/5/07, Amit Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I only have an issue with jargon if it's meaningless. 'Vengefully > consumerist' is just that, on multiple levels. > > Mob violence can have various reasons, and to ascribe any one would be > simplistic. I'm invoking the failure of the rule of law to explain why mobs > get a greater license in India to do their thing. > > On 9/5/07, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/5/07, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well.... even "failure of rule of law" sounds like jargon to me... the > > > > Jargon is terminology, is it not? And the use of jargon doesn't > > devalue the context, per se. It only pre-supposes a familiarity with > > the subject. > > > > > > > -- > Amit Varma > http://www.indiauncut.com >
