Word: jargoning
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Embryo cells are infinitely easier to work with because they are, in the jargon of cell biologists, largely "undifferentiated." That is, they have not yet undergone the progressive changes that turn cells into skin, muscles, hair, brain and so on. An undifferentiated cell can give rise to all the other cells in the body, say scientists, because it is capable of activating any gene on any chromosome. But as development progresses, differentiation alters the way DNA--the double-stranded molecule that makes up genes--folds up inside the nucleus of a cell. Along with other structural changes, folding helps make...
Dissolve into: the Chicago stockyards. Cut to: ...Sorry about the movie jargon. I can't help it. Being a part of the posse was the most real thing that had ever happened to me. Lori too. We looked at each other and said, "It's just like a movie!" I felt so close to this woman...
When I slip him a vague query about "business in Harvard Square," he's on to my intent immediately, and offers answers remarkably similar to the ones I heard at Noke's. Except he layers his discussion with economic jargon...
What happened last Friday night might be termed, in the jargon of the ever precarious airline business, a near miss. A showdown strike by American Airlines pilots was avoided only by the dramatic intervention of someone who doesn't fly commercial, the President of the U.S. Bill Clinton, apparently not at all eager to see billions of dollars drained from the prospering U.S. economy, used a provision of the Railway Labor Act (which governs organized labor in the airline industry) to impose a 60-day cooling-off period...
Although the descriptions may be laced with business jargon, undergrads from various backgrounds will be surprised to discover that a career in consulting may lie somewhere in their future...