jerga
jargon ; parlance ; technospeak ; argot ; slang word ; ; lingo.
Thus popular or common names of subjects are included in preference to technical or specialist jargon.
For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.
This article demystifies the technospeak surrounding the concept of workflow.
To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' - never use a short word where a long one will do.
Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.
Every profession has its lingo, that is to say its list of frequently used terms familiar to practitioners of that profession.
jerga burocrática
officialese
Hence, there is a need for organizations who can interpret the fine points of officialese and present them in a form the less literate can understand.
jerga de las iniciales
initialese
The result of UNESCO's activity has been the growth of mass of international activity accompanied by a daunting array of jargon and initialese aptly denominated by P.J. Judge as 'alphabet soup'.
jerga de los abogados
legalese
Amazingly, this has done little to temper their penchant for legalese and hair-splitting on international law.
jerga de una disciplina
subject jargon
Ambiguity depends upon the background of the readers, but abbreviations, acronyms, trade names and subject jargon are all potentially confusing.
jerga informática
computerese
geek speak
Attention has been paid to the interface between the system and the user in an effort to remove all computerese from the dialogue language.
An entire lexicon of 'geek speak' has emerged from the world of hardware and software.
jerga legal
legalese
Amazingly, this has done little to temper their penchant for legalese and hair-splitting on international law.
