Principia Discordia > Horrorology
Wrecked Time in Fat City, part I
Anna Mae Bollocks:
Humans program their MACHINES to say things that don't mean anything. "Your call is very important to us! Please hold for the next available operator."
Sita:
Are jargon and slang the same thing?
As a youth I would always get upset because I never understood the current slang. These days I just shrug my shoulders and figure that whatever was said wasn't very important if they either couldn't or wouldn't explain it to me.
LMNO:
As far as I understand it, no. Slang is shorthand, and a tribal marker.
Jargon is a willful attempt to send bad signal, masked by obfuscation.
Q. G. Pennyworth:
--- Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on April 26, 2013, 11:38:55 pm ---As far as I understand it, no. Slang is shorthand, and a tribal marker.
Jargon is a willful attempt to send bad signal, masked by obfuscation.
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What about jargon that is originally derived from occupation-centric slang?
Mesozoic Mister Nigel:
--- Quote from: Sita on April 26, 2013, 11:34:16 pm ---Are jargon and slang the same thing?
As a youth I would always get upset because I never understood the current slang. These days I just shrug my shoulders and figure that whatever was said wasn't very important if they either couldn't or wouldn't explain it to me.
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Slang is shared, while jargon is hoarded.
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