This. I call the drive to sprinkling one's language with technical terms, acronyms and industry/specialist jargon "going Scientologist". I use this term because

This. I call the drive to sprinkling one's language with technical terms, acronyms and industry/specialist jargon "going Scientologist". I use this term because, if you've ever known one, they have specialize meanings to a lot of terms and that creates an "in crowd" feeling for their members and an exclusionary club sensation for those on the outside peering in. It is ordinary high school popularity clique dynamics, which works perfectly well on far too many "adults".