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jargon brevity aim
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon. Edsger Dijkstra
jargon may language
Industry jargon may not be a language your customer understands. Ron Kaufman
jargon determined individual
What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently in opposition to its own meaning; by whether the individual words are loaded at the expense of the sentence, its propositional force, and the thought content. Theodor Adorno
jargon language authenticity
The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.
jargon hallmark profession
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. Kingman Brewster, Jr.
jargon language
Jargon: any technical language we do not understand. Mason Cooley
jargon world academic
The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon. Michael Crichton
jargon means meet time travel
'Closed timelike curve' is the jargon for time travel. It means you go out, come back and meet yourself in the past. Kip Thorne
jargon revolutionary theory
The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete with newly constructed and largely incomprehensible jargon. Murray Rothbard
may oppression begets
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself. Charles Dickens
may invention condensation
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. Charles Caleb Colton
may maintaining conquer
Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised.
may modern poet
Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.
may finals tomorrow
To-morrow even may bring the final reckoning. Charles Spurgeon
may certain made
We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives.
may forget ifs
If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them. Alan Watts
may conversation used
While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Alan Moore
may mood used
It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined. Alan Bennett
language english-language programming-languages
In English every word can be verbed. Alan Perlis
language individual should
Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by. Chogyam Trungpa
language feels i-can
I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more. Antony Sher
language guides insight
Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and experience. C. S. Lewis
language film boring
Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film. Alan Rudolph
language building programming
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material. Alan Kay
language
My language is the sum total of myself. Charles Sanders Peirce
language humans
God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
language civilized persecuted
We're persecuted in the most civilized languages. Bernard Malamud