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Say What? A closer look into workplace jargon
Most occupations, hobbies and sports have a language all their own. This language, known as jargon, is a set of technical or specialized terms and phrases that typically only the members of what might be call the “in group” understand. According to Huang Xiaozhao, professor of linguistics at the University of North Dakota, the use [...]
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