Word: jargoning
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...would be just as bad to treat this issue as a purely theoretical question. Harvard students love to throw around economic jargon. It’s too easy to forget that real people are affected by the policies we discuss in the comfort of our well-maintained classrooms. We need to recognize that for Harvard workers who are working hard to make ends meet, these discussions will affect their lives and the lives of their family members. Next time you’re spouting off about deadweight loss or economic inefficiency, take a second to look around. This means looking...
...paused briefly to gather his thoughts. "But that common-sense message got lost because the school board wrapped it up in so much Afrocentric jargon and education-speak that people thought the board was trying to dumb down the curriculum by teaching bad grammar and syntax. There was enough mangled phraseology in its resolution to make 16 episodes of Martin. But wait, let me get the Kingfish in on this. He's an expert on malapropisms...
When my editor asked me to write an article for the What's Next issue, I panicked. I foresaw long hours in laboratories trying to interpret the jargon of scientists finding new ways to map the brain, implant RFID chips in my skin or create a tofu that fails in its attempt to taste like yet another kind of meat. What, I pondered, would be the easiest subject I could tackle? What never changes? The answer suddenly seemed obvious: What's Next ... with the Amish. How hard could that be? I could report and write the piece while watching television...
DiSalvo defends the importance of teaching to students to sympathize with the “needs and values of others”—an essential skill often dismissed in today’s jargon as “soft” or “non-cognitive.” And Cioffi suggests an alternate path to ethical development through his defense of the humanities. Literary study, he says, “will help us to live better, more considerate, and crucially, more moral lives...
Born in Oxford, the son of a doctor, the lanky, blue-eyed Laurie has a knack for delivering rapid-fire diagnostic jargon. "I have a reverence for modern medicine," he says. "I'm a fan. I'm not one of those who says, 'Why can't we just chew willow bark?'" But because his biggest American role had been in 1999's Stuart Little, Laurie had to overcome a few hurdles to snag what has become a career-making part...