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Jargon and special terminology aren't necessarily performative; they can also be 1) how people with a shared profession or interest talk to each other, and 2) p
by musicale 1y ago
Jargon and special terminology aren't necessarily performative; they can also be 1) how people with a shared profession or interest talk to each other, and 2) preferred for precision or context.
- scubbo 1y agoEverything you just said is true. And yet. HNers are still often guilty of Performative Erudition. It's not _just_ the use of technical jargon.
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- landl0rd 1y agoYeah but the lingo's pedigree matters. Some words are practical. The dialect you use in an academic paper or the SF set saying "orthogonal" "isomorphic" "non-zero" whatever is performative.
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