Another Quote by Erin McKean

Language is essentially tribal, so jargon can actually be a really good thing because it unites people.

— Susie Dent

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

— Anonymous

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

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before,…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.

— Mason Cooley

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

“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

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 is making it increasingly hard to understand what a public figure is actually trying to say

— Don Watson

People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost…

— Barry Ritholtz