i think you're confusing "lingua franca" with "jargon". you're using jargon now, and should translate it into lingua franca for the non-CS trained jquery users

i think you're confusing "lingua franca" with "jargon". you're using jargon now, and should translate it into lingua franca for the non-CS trained jquery users. and that is just how it goes with the popularization with any field. the masses will have their own way of talking about concepts that differs from the educated academics. and there's a growing group of non-CS educated web developers/designers that make use of jquery in meaningful ways.