Figures Quote by Don Watson

People seem to get caught up in jargon like they get caught up in ashrams and power structures and they never become free. They…

— Frederick Lenz

People say jargon is a bad thing, but it's really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another.

— Erin McKean

Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity…

— David Lehman

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

— Edsger Dijkstra

I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another.

— Anonymous

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

— David Ogilvy

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.

— Robert Bourassa

“I was instructed long ago by a wise editor, "If you understand something you can explain it so that almost anyone can understand it.…

— Roger Ebert

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

— Kingman Brewster, Jr

It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from writing my…

— Gretchen Rubin

I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really needed. I…

— William H. Gass

Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.

— Mason Cooley