I don't talk in technical terms with people who won't understand them. I would never get in that kind of semantic debate if I were the friend who had lost weigh

I don't talk in technical terms with people who won't understand them. I would never get in that kind of semantic debate if I were the friend who had lost weight. I would however most definitely get into a discussion like that if we were both translators, linguists, behavioral scientists or something like that. Consistency means self-discipline in his case. But many 'consistent behaviors' in living and non-living agents mean something else entirely. That said, this made me think of one particular type of "technical smartasses" that have pissed me in the past: Lawyers and their legalese.