Word: jargoneers
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...what exactly makes these novels so wildly successful? Is it Rowling’s charismatic characters with whom everyone can relate? Her witty, brisk dialogue? Her tongue-in-cheek humor? Her vivid descriptions? Her fantastical names and whimsical jargon? Or, more likely, have kids simply exhausted the worlds of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia Chronicles and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Ring Fellowship and even that staple of childhood fantasy, Roald Dahl, welcoming J.K. Rowling’s more approachable—and more marketable—Hogwarts...
...warning Monday night that the nation should brace itself for another terror attack in the next week? Threat warnings are easy to make but difficult to justify - at least in public. Divulge too many details on why you're giving the warning and you expose "sources and methods" - spy jargon for how you got the intelligence on the threat. Osama bin Laden and his operatives are savvy. They watch closely U.S. threat warnings for clues as to where the leaks are in their operations, so the leaks can be plugged...
...term for laying siege that required translation to a lay audience. U.S. aircraft echoed the call by bombing the Taliban frontline to the north of Kabul, Monday, although so lightly as to elicit skepticism among Alliance commanders as to the objectives of the raids. Like Secretary Powell's military jargon, current U.S. strategy in Afghanistan bears some translation for a lay audience...
...intriguing to view from his unique perspective, which is influenced by a life so different from our own. The poetry is presented in logical cohesion and aesthetic order. Some nuances may be difficult for non-native Australians to understand, for Murray commonly refers to places and uses local jargon that is incomprehensible to the lay American. Nevertheless, Conscious and Verbal provides a glimpse into a world that is far removed from our own, though strikingly similar. We can profit greatly from Murray’s discerning experience and keen...
...hundreds of essays and articles on dozens of topics. Avoiding highly technical monographs, Hauerwas insists that the best theology is most often found in sermons, homilies, prayers and popular writing. The theologian who is faithful must engage the pressing issues of the culture rather than hide behind impenetrable jargon...