jargon
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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
Mr. Bernard offers colorful descriptions of various classic pinball machines—such as Monaco, Gorgar and Harlem Globetrotters—and explains some of the jargon surrounding them: outlanes, drop targets, nudges and tilts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Flow is hospital jargon for the timely movement of patients from the emergency department to other parts of the hospital for treatment.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Some were fencing terms, some were peculiar to London, some were the jargon of the players' trade.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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