Word: jargoning
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Although at times our "concentrations" and "TFs" can be baffling jargon, there was such no confusion this weekend at the two Harvard wrestling tournaments...
...betting that owning all the Sunday-night and Monday-night games will make Disney a more powerful viewing and advertising force. The new contract will allow for additional 30-second spots during the games. And since ABC owns and operates 10 stations (O&Os, in the jargon) it can recoup some of its money in big markets like Chicago...
Release 2.0 is steeped in Dyson's personal experience and authority. As a result, even the most jargon-filled paragraphs fall within the understanding of the common reader when augmented by Dyson's conversational sidenotes and proposals. Her intent to elucidate the workings and promising features of the Internet is clearly stated and reiterated from an economic standpoint throughout the book. Though the target audience seems to be limited to male members of the corporate world, almost anyone can appreciate the tidbits of advice that constitute the book's conclusion. "Trust but verify." "Be generous." "Always make new mistakes." Equally...
...GigaPoP is a nice piece of jargon," Bradner said. "In reality...it's a service interconnection point where [institutions] connect together in high speed networking...
...earlier this year, agent Fox Mulder had a rogue doctor dose him with ketamine in an attempt to recover memories. The Chemical Brothers, an electronic-music group, recorded a song called Lost in the K-Hole for their most recent album, which went gold last month. "K-hole" is jargon for a bad trip--too much K causes massive sensory deprivation, immobilizing and detaching a user from reality. This is not your father's groovy toke. London researcher Karl Jansen says the drug even reproduces the brain's chemical reaction to a "near-death experience...