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Potential negative effects of jargon
- Jargon can make communication more difficult for outsiders and cause them to disengage.
- Jargon can make people feel excluded.
- It can sound meaningless.
- It can hurt the impressions of a speaker. Audiences may view these speakers as manipulative or less likeable.
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Workplace jargon
Jargon refers to terms, expressions, or acronyms specific to a particular industry or professional group.
People enjoy complaining about jargon, saying it is hard to understand, pretentious, and unnecessary. Many industries and government leaders criticize it, but ...
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Why jargon is so common
Jargon fulfils a number of fundamental needs.
- It produces efficient and precise communication in some contexts.
- It encourages social bonding by reinforcing a shared identity.
- Jargon can also be used consciously or unconsciously to
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Concerned about potential negative effects
- Identify when jargon is proper. When credibility is important, jargon may be useful. When understanding and engagement of a varied audience are necessary, excessive jargon can be costly.
- Ask yourself if you can communicate the same idea in a simpler way.
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