https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/bipap https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t... > Some medical probl

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/bipap https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t... > Some medical problems can make it hard for you to breathe. In these cases, you might benefit from bilevel positive airway pressure. It is commonly known as “BiPap” or “BPap.” It is a type of ventilator—a device that helps with breathing We talk about the problems of jargon and people think that's the unexpanded acronyms or the complex Latin. But these uses of jargon are obvious and clearly visible. If you use the word agranulocytosis I know that I don't know what you mean and I ask you and we have a conversation and I learn something. The wicked jargon is the normal English word to which we apply a very specific meaning. Here's a machine. We use it to provide mechanical ventilation. Those patients are receiving ventilation. The machine is a class of ventilator. Don't ever call it a ventilator though, because it's a BiPap machine. Maybe Musk should be a bit more humble. It'd help his corporate comms if he just came out and said "I don't know what a vent is, but I asked hospitals what they wanted and I bought the machines they asked for".