jargon
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Jason is the author of “Your Money and Your Brain,” on the neuroscience of investing, and "The Devil's Financial Dictionary," a satirical glossary of business jargon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The language used to describe snack tins is so flowery — and muddled by hyper-wellness jargon — it’s almost nonsensical.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Digging into the jargon on mortgage regulations and credit scores can be daunting.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
A surprising amount of jargon can simply be banished and no one will be the worse for it.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing jargon
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