Style Guide for Business Writing

J, K

Jargon

Jargon is highly technical or specialized language unique to a special profession, such as the law, engineering, and accounting; or even development of unique phrases and expressions within a single corporation or office. In the business world, using words and phrases excessively or poorly is a language trap. This tendency leads to poor style habits.

In books, creating new words generally backfires. The occasional successful adoption of a word has made it more popular with authors, but attempts at the practice are very rarely accepted, excepting of course terms in primary works in the sciences were definition and naming is required. In such cases, before you do so, consider whether there is already an existing name that fits and also ...