Nerdic: The Language that Isn't

While interesting, the article below misconstrues the concept of a language. Indeed, tech-based jargon continues to grow more prevalent as more and more people grown more comfortable with gadgetry, but two things...

The year that changed everything for climate change

"PARIS: When the history of climate change is written, 2007 will deserve a chapter all to itself. In just 12 months, global warming has been elevated to the great challenge of our time, a cause for public and...

With 'Dark Angels' help, show Management Speak the Door

Ever met a 'mission statement' full of platitudes and jargon or worse even you were one of the guilty parties who wrote it, hope is on the way.  Thanks to Keeping Jargon at Bay by Emma Jacobs (Financial Times), I learned of the existence of Dark Angels. This is not a...

A Climate Change Dictionary

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - To understand the climate change debate, it helps to understand the jargon, a mixture of diplomatese, pundit-speak and techno-talk.

Hideous jargon watch: Google CEO drops the 3.0 bomb

"It's like waiting for the President to flip the bird. And this week, Eric Schmidt did it, right in the Financial Times."

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