Word: jargoning
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...these causes involve the home, but it takes a combination of several, said Dr. Bender, to push "a particular child along the road to delinquency." Even under such a malign constellation, some other factor is still needed to turn a child into a delinquent, Dr. Bender emphasized. Putting psychiatric jargon aside, she called this simply "happenstance...
...aircraft engineering jargon, rho is distance, theta is azimuth, i.e., compass bearing to the transmitting station...
...most people the mention of Finnegans Wake suggests a trackless forest of tangled Joycean jargon, huge, ambiguous, largely inexplicable, and hence poorly suited to stage production. But the present Poets' Theatre version proves that quite the opposite is true. Digging out some of the book's principal themes--not all, to be sure--and taking the best advantage of its circular form and the musical quality of Joyce's language, the Poets have arrived at a truly successful adaptation which never fails to be entertaining...
...great day for critics when the creation brought forth the leopard. "Spotty" has been one of the most valuable words in the theatre jargon ever since, and it has never been more accurate than when applied to Great to Be Back! The HDC's latest production is a musical revue, which ideally would mean songs of verve and wit combined with imaginative sketches...
...Patriotic German jargon for the Soviet zone, meaning that there is a third part of Germany further east still to be recovered: the 44,231 square miles given to Poland and Russia after World...