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fromHarvard Business Review
3 days ago

What Jargon Says About Your Company Culture

Like it or not, business language is a reality. And today we're going to talk about where these buzzwords come from, what purpose they serve, and their unintended consequences. Here to talk about this and also about how English is evolving as the global business language is Anne Curzan. She's a professor of English at the University of Michigan and the author of several books on language. Her latest is Fixing English.
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Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Silly point or square leg: how well do you know your way around a cricket field?

Interactive quiz asks participants to place 15 cricket fielding positions on an oval to test knowledge, with visual cues and score comparison to others.
Relationships
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Why you should be less professional at work

Performative professionalism—jargon, staged politeness, and conformist behavior—reduces authentic connection, lowers perceived intelligence, and undermines workplace performance and wellbeing.
Science
fromwww.nature.com
5 months ago

Scientific jargon can be satisfying' but misleading

Jargon influences readers' perceptions and understanding in communication between scientists and lay audiences.
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