Jargon

In Robin Talmoch Lakoff’s essay, “The Power of Words in Wartime”, the writer depicts her unique perspective involving soldiers and their jargon; she supports these views with an intricate metaphor and meticulous analysis of the causes and effects of war. In the essay, the writer articulates the main cause of war by employing the metaphor, “human beings are social animals”. Meaning, Homo sapiens contain DNA that make them feel compassion towards one another. She, however, argues that in war,…

“A discourse community has mechanisms of intercommunication among its members.” Jargon is a type of communication that they use with each other. Jargon is a language or terms a certain group of people understand. Pilots use jargon every day when communicating on the radio or when talking with each other. The phonetic alphabet is a good example of this. Pilots use this to represent certain letters when communicating…

Onion appears to describe a new product out in stores, but actually ridicules the gullibility of American consumers and how products are marketed to customers. Using scientific jargon, comical tone, and irony, The Onion effectively satirizes how products are presented to the consumers. Through the usage of fake scientific jargon, The Onion satirizes the MagnaSoles’ pretensions of sophistication and development. Specifically, nonsense words such as “pseudosciences,” “biomagnetic field,”…

work together to create a presentation and quiz about their particular type of doublespeak. The point of the project was to give the class an opportunity to learn and teach the class in order to comprehend the four types of doublespeak. My group had jargon. We all collaborated in and out of class to work on both the quiz and the PowerPoint presentation, and in my opinion did an excellent job. Everyone wrote their own note cards and we did not formally rehearse, but the day of and the day before…

example, US Statement Department announced that they would not to say “killing” anymore, instead, they use “unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of life” to express this meaning which is more peaceful. Jargon is also a kind of doublespeak, because some professional people often use their jargon to mislead people. Gobbledygook is often used by politicians in a political stage. William Lutz said in his book “gobbledygook is simply a matter of piling on words, of overwhelming the audience…

volume of who the interviewer is. The student does not want to send a negative signal to her interviewer on her first day. Our surroundings project who we are as an individual. The second thing I learned is to stay away from loaded words and clinical jargons. The student must realize that she is talking to a…

manipulators. As these manipulators influence more people’s way of thinking, their jargon will seem more convincing and less questionable to the susceptible uninformed. This not only reflects the power that the English language carries when it is used nefariously, it also reveals the large influence it plays on whether a given situation is perceived as favorable or unfavorable. Again, I support the use of euphemisms and jargon for political correctness when it is not used to deceive, but I also…

for your audience is very crucial to get the desirable outcome out of the audience. This essay will analyze and compare the Sindya N. Bhando's article “Bird Eggs Are Fertilized by More Than One Sperm” published in New York Times, and a scientific jargon “Polyspermy in birds: sperm numbers and embryo survival” by N. Hemmings, T. R. Birkhead. Despite both authors write about one topic, there are differences in the choice of the language, format, and the evidence to support their argument that…

Gobbledygook In William Zinsser's On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction he says that “Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon” (pg. 7), and that may very well be true. Have you ever sat down and listened to a politician speak, only to be lost in a flood of words and phrases you don’t understand? Useless, inflated speech plagues the english language and…

When it comes to professional background you should be aware of your audience. Jargon and certain terminology should be used only in appropriate situations. For example, it would be fine to discuss events using acronyms and jargon in a staff meeting where all staff are aware and familiar of these terms. However, it would be inappropriate and unfair to use the same language when talking to a parent. Cultural…