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So then would you say "jargon" is just any term for something that laypeople wouldn't be familiar with, even if it's the standard/only name for that thing?
by baddox 7y ago
So then would you say "jargon" is just any term for something that laypeople wouldn't be familiar with, even if it's the standard/only name for that thing?
- munk-a 7y agoI think that's fair - with the exception of self-descriptive names, and acronyms can further obscure understanding, if you say you've got a Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus sure, it's for... like breathing, underwater... apparently self-contained which I'm not quite certain the significance of but like "Under water breathing thingy" is a very natural interpretation. SCUBA, to contrast, is much more easily recognizable due to pop-culture, but has no naming inherent to it's name, and is generally not written in a way that implies acronym-ness, "Oh, were you wearing your Scuba tank?"
- afarrell 7y agoYes