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Undisciplined: The Devil's Jargon

This week on Undisciplined, we’re talking about jargon — specialized words or…

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This week on Undisciplined, we’re talking about jargon — specialized words or expressions that are used by people in a particular profession and which are difficult for other to understand. The sciences are particularly replete with these words, and that’s not a small problem. Our guest this week is a communications professor who says that insider language tells people that they don’t belong.

First published

04/10/2020

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science

Duration

25 minutes

Parent Podcast

UnDisciplined

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This week on Undisciplined, we’re talking about jargon — specialized words or expressions that are used by people in a particular profession and which are difficult for other to understand. The sciences are particularly replete with these words, and that’s not a small problem. Our guest this week is a communications professor who says that insider language tells people that they don’t belong.

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