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jargon brevity aim
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon. Edsger Dijkstra
jargon seldom stands
Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. George MacDonald Fraser
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Never use jargon words like 'reconceptualize', 'demassification', 'attitudinally', 'judgmentally'. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass. David Ogilvy
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'Closed timelike curve' is the jargon for time travel. It means you go out, come back and meet yourself in the past. Kip Thorne
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The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon. Michael Crichton
jargon determined individual
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. Theodor Adorno
jargon language authenticity
The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.
jargon hallmark profession
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. Kingman Brewster, Jr.
jargon language
Jargon: any technical language we do not understand. Mason Cooley
use infinite mathematics
I protest against the use of infinite magnitude ..., which is never permissible in mathematics. Carl Friedrich Gauss
use born parasites
You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength. Charlotte Bronte
use ham radio
HAM radio is very inexpensive, it is nearly unlimited and free to use. The only limitation is that you can only talk for five minutes to any given person because the station gets out of range within that time. Charles Simonyi
use lord preacher
I know perfectly well that, wherever I go and preach, there are many better preachers ... than I am; all that I can say about it is that the Lord uses me. Charles Spurgeon
used
I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them. Brian Eno
use fuel feels
When you feel humiliated or things like that, you either use it as fuel to change or you get covered by it. Diane von Furstenberg
use fronts
You don't have to just do what's planned, you can take what's immediately in front of you and use that. Dexter Fletcher
used composer stills
Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe. Dhani Harrison
use enjoy ifs
What use was money if you didn't have the time to enjoy it? Darren Shan
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We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then. Tom Shaheen
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We have to have a sober assessment of what kind of rebuilding and defending new investment of the Superdome if any makes sense. These are all complicated decisions. Paul Tagliabue
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We have no objections at all to the three officials visiting us, to know their assessment and exchange views on these matters, ... We won't close the door. Fidel Castro
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We have no intelligence or evidence that indicates that he (Bin Laden) is dead or incapacitated, so our working assumption is that he is still alive.
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We have no indication that he has left this immediate area, so we make the assumption that he is still afoot or ... holed up somewhere in this area,
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We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered, Tom Daschle
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Whenever there's something in the stomach, you get nervous but I've been assured it's nothing. I'm still going to be nervous until Peter is back on the ice playing pain-free. Ken Hitchcock
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When he dropped his hands to his waistband, the officers are trained to assume he's going for a weapon. That's what the punches were about. Officers who don't assume a suspect is going for a gun end up dead.
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We want people to understand that this deadline is only for new disaster applications. If they have already applied, their cases will continue to be processed. Mississippians who need assistance need to register with FEMA before the deadline.