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The point of jargon


Legal Briefs as Programming Language. LawMeme:Law School in a Nutshell, Part 1 "To understand why legalese is so incomprehensible, think about it as the programming... [statonBlog]

and also

Economic Vocabulary He makes the important point that "boom" and "bust" give false precision to the economy which can fall somewhere in between. [ArgMax Blog]

While artistry may value the versatility of natural languages, some technical fields require precision and explicitness instead. This is where technical "jargon" comes from. While it is wrong to use technical jargon outside its intended field, it is also wrong to blame people for using it within its intended field.


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