Word: jargoning
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...Pentagon Jargon...
Caldicott lashed out at "Pentagon jargon" that frames human life in terms of how many times the Soviet Union and the United States could annihilate each other's populations with existing arsenals...
...flights of Columbia and its sister ships now under construction become as commonplace as more earthbound commuter runs depends on how the spacecraft checks out during the coming weeks. Shortly after the Boeing landed, the shuttle was lifted off its back by a giant hoist that NASA, in characteristic jargon, calls a mate/demate device. Columbia was then towed to its processing hangar, where it will undergo stem-to-stern examination and overhaul...
Along with enough plot convolutions, murders and cliffhangers to mesmerize aficionados, Deighton slings spy jargon with knowledgeable élan. He catalogues the latest Swedish submachine gun and the Führersonderzug-Hitler's private train-with field-manual precision. But he has more on his mind than the blueprints of military hardware...
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME factual miscus (all specimens viewed in an election microscope are dead), some undefined jargon (what is a "referee?"), the only real technical flaw is the need for a glossary. Still, Goodfield's book has its virtues. She gives us a clear look at a scientific Athens--a society of intellect held together by the bonds of mutual curiousity--a republic of the mind...