Theodor Adorno Jargon Quotations

What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently in opposition to its own meaning; by whether the individual words are loaded at the expense of the sentence, its propositional force, and the thought content.

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.

The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.

Whoever is versed in the jargon does not have to say what he thinks, does not even have to think it properly. The jargon takes over this task.