jargon

Writing

(noun)

Technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

Related Terms

  • Slangs or colloquial language
  • Using the First Person in Academic Writing
  • argument
  • colloquial
  • cliché
  • first person
  • AWL
Management

(noun)

A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

Related Terms

  • indirect
  • direct

Examples of jargon in the following topics:

  • Avoiding Slang and Jargon

    • Business jargon includes terms like bandwidth, deliverable, bad apples, low-hanging fruit, and Six Sigma.
    • Jargon is the common vocabulary used by specific professions or groups of people within those professions.
    • Legal jargon, medical jargon, and police jargon are all examples of different types of jargon that exist in very different professions .
    • In addition, you should use jargon to help you establish credibility.
    • Police have their own specific jargon which may not be understood by those outside the profession.
  • Appropriate Language

    • Nonetheless, one should avoid unnecessarily complicated language, jargon, and clichés.
    • Jargon is specialized or technical language specific to a field or concentration.
    • Jargon-heavy: The patient lost distal and radia CMS on lower left foot after the direct impact trauma, but otherwise is AOx4.
    • The title demonstrates an example of a sentence that is pretentious and jargon heavy.
    • Avoiding pretentious writing and defining any technical jargon will endow your writing with a clarity that readers will appreciate.
  • The Nature of Effective Communication

    • Another barrier is "knowledge-appropriate" communication–using ambiguous legal words or medical jargon with another person who doesn't understand them.
    • Individual linguistic ability is important to consider: will intended targets understand industry-specific jargon, complex words, or colloquialisms?
  • Visual Scorecards

    • When communicating business processes to stakeholders, managers are often tempted to rely on jargon and detail-oriented descriptions of strategy and process.
    • The visual scorecard gives stakeholders a clear understanding that jargon and business-speak may not.
  • Keep it simple

    • Don't overload your waste-reduction process map with symbols, technical jargon or academic markings that render it incomprehensible.
  • Battling the illusion of control

    • ' However, in our haste to mix jargon into everyday conversation, frames are sometimes confused with another psychological term: ‘nudges'.
  • Methods

    • Technical jargon, extensive details, and a formal tone are expected.
  • The Nature of Efficient Communication

    • The purpose informs choices of style and tone such as whether or not to use technical language or industry jargon.
  • Distance

    • For the moment, we need to learn a bit of jargon that is used to describe the distances between actors: walks, paths, semi-paths, etc.
  • Setting Objectives

    • Strategic management jargon sometimes refers to "Big Hairy Audacious Goals" (BHAGs) in this context.
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