Word: jargoning
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...Alexander Haig for his Piltdown treatment of the English language. To those of us who share the general's khaki complexion, Haigledygook is the creative flowering of basic Army jargon...
Because he traveled much and lived in remote places, Hemingway sustained his friendships and antagonisms through the mails. They enabled him to exchange the latest dope and "gen" (military jargon for intelligence). He also used the epistolary form to procrastinate: "Such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something." It is estimated that he wrote about 6,000 letters. Carlos Baker vetted 2,500 pieces of correspondence for his biography, Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (1969). As editor, he has selected nearly 600 moveable treats, from World War I until two weeks before...
...gradually picked up the jargon: "Endgap" is the shelf at the end of an aisle: a "cutter" is a razor blade with a sheath: "fills" are sets of chores involving filling endcaps by opening cartons with cutters. A "carryout" means helping a perfectly healthy old lady carry six bottles of Sprite and getting stiffed...
...Dictionary of Unconventional Russian: Argot, Jargon and Slang. Formerly a writer, translator and dissident in the Soviet Union, Kirill V. Uspensky first heard many of the words in his files while serving in a Russian labor camp. He has now collected nearly 20,000 words, many of which have hidden political meanings. W.L.W...
Even the title. Contempt of Courtship, shows the effort to squeeze humor from the legal jargon that revolves around the real lives of the show's performers and producers. The formula obviously works for the many law students in attendance, who can laugh at themselves through the sundry charicatures of life at the nation's most prestigious law school...