Academics Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

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

— Erin McKean

Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.

— Mason Cooley

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

The increasing technicality of the terminology employed is also a serious difficulty. It has become necessary to learn an extensive vocabulary before a book…

— Thomas George Bonney

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

— Kingman Brewster, Jr

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

Industry jargon may not be a language your customer understands.

— Ron Kaufman

Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's the line…

— Constance Hale

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

Sometimes when you're listening to a neuroscientist, they have a tendency to use a particular type of jargon that works in their world perfectly…

— Pharrell Williams

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

— Edsger Dijkstra