Word: jargonizing
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Even more important than sounds in the night is the jargon of the police. Instead of the familiar "Calling all cars," Dragnet uses the duller but truer "Attention all units," making sure that it is accompanied by a rush of air through the microphone (called a "squelch"), because most police radio dispatchers' are not educated in the genteel phases of commercial broadcasting...
...Ebaugh warns physicians against using psychiatric jargon or other technical lingo on patients: "Hiding your own ignorance behind the mask of scientific verbiage is more frequently depressive rather than impressive to the patient . . ." The patient should have his illness straightforwardly explained. Psychiatrist Ebaugh is particularly scornful...
...plant. "What happens is this. [The Treasury] sends a directive to what is known as the 'appropriate ministry,' where an official keeps it three weeks, rewrites it so the main point is obscured, sends it to the wrong man in our company, who rephrases it in trade jargon so that it is perfectly harmless, and acknowledges it in that form to the ministry, where it is later released as an agreement. Meanwhile, our investment program, which was decided on by us some time before, is well under...
Most of the world's gastronomic jargon was created in the 18th and 19th Centuries by log-rolling cooks to commemorate their masters' favorite dishes. Some European aristocrats were also amateur cooks and imposed their names on their concoctions, e.g., Count Stroganoff, a 19th Century Russian diplomat and inventor of Beef Stroganoff.* Sometimes chefs also designated dishes in honor of great events, e.g., Pheasant a la Holy Alliance...
Britain's election campaign had been a dull fight so far, even by sedate British standards. Last week, Winston Churchill provided a touch of comic relief. During a speech at Cardiff, Churchill was expounding his views on the Socialists' housing program. "In official Socialist jargon," Churchill said, "houses are called accommodation units ... I don't know how we are going to sing our old song, Home, Sweet Home" Then he paused, put his left hand on his breast, stretched out his right hand appealingly and hoarsely burst into song...