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prokopetz · 2 years
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I know what the term “roman cancel” means in fighting game jargon, but whenever I hear it the first thing that immediately pops into my head is like
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markscherz · 6 months
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hi- quick question since I know you're someone who's written several papers- Do you know if you/other people who have written scientific papers are okay with emails about questions about those papers?
I'm someone who studies hyenas- amateurishly -and papers about extinct species of hyenas are really interesting to me but I can't exactly digest them very well because I don't understand the words being used. Like, what in heavens names is a 'metaconid' what does this mean!!!!!
In general authors are happy to receive such questions, but might not have enough time to give you the answer you are looking for. Still, always worth reaching out.
A metaconid is a part of a molar. But I understand this is just an example among of the general issue you are trying to illustrate. What I have learned from years of reading unfamiliar jargon, and listening to podcasts like The Tetrapod Zoology Podcast that use jargon with reckless abandon, is that in general either (a) the words that are encoded in jargon aren't *that* important to understand the grand themes of what is being discussed, or (b) their meaning can be deduced based on context cues. When I come across one that is key but really cannot be deduced, I will google it, and often Wiktionary or similar will have an answer.
The more you read, the more familiar you will get with the jargon, and the less you will need to google or ask. So, I encourage you to read broadly, and chase those interests!
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ub-sessed · 10 months
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I just learned that a French seam is called une couture anglaise in French.
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hands you her this is my stupid splat3 sona her name is jargon
shes an orca octoling and her bones are made of blubber and shes incredibly silly stupid. i am in love with her 
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deadbranch · 2 months
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I’ve finally come up with something to ask you!!
What’s some common lingo you’d hear in and off the field? (Is that the right way to say it lol?) I’m curious about certain praises or words that might be used
Hope you have a good day ❤️❤️
Lol I saw your other ask before this one, so that makes your opening line extra fun!
That would be in & OUT OF the field, rather than in & off :D
The army (and the military in general) has a LOT of jargon, acronyms (some official, some not), expressions, and a lot of everyday words that have been repurposed to mean something specific only to the army. I'll list a few from each of the categories I've just mentioned.
I'm not listing a lot of examples. Anyone who wants more can scour the Internet. There's a lot of 'em out there. There are definitely some that are unique to the Army, Navy, Marines, Merchant Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force.
JARGON
Rifles/Pistols - don't call a firearm a 'gun' please. If you're looking at a handheld firearm it's either a rifle or a pistol (sidearm). What we call a 'gun' is mounted on a heavy vehicle. If a soldier carries it and operates it from standing, sitting, or prone positions, that's a rifle or pistol.
Insignia - What most civilians refer to as a 'logo' is actually insignia or a crest. I wrote this post about it a while back.
Post - A 'base'is a military installation for the Navy, Marines, Air Force, et al, whereas the US Army refers an army installation as "post." Used in context: "When I get back to post, I'll grab some more chem lights from supply."
ACRONYMS
SOP - Stand Operating Procedure. Every unit has an SOP. The Army has an SOP. Individual MOS's have SOPs. Generally, anything having to do with the Army's SOP is referred to as "regulation" or "regs" Used in a context: "Your hair's not in regs. Fix it." (go to the barber). "Who loosened the caps on these? Not SOP for a reason. Christ, y'all would blow yourselves up if you could..."
CoC - Chain of Command. Every soldier and officer reports to someone else. The hierarchy above any given service member is their chain of command or CoC.
BF (Bravo Foxtrot, or Blue Falcon) - 'Buddy fucker.' Often used to describe someone who is perceived to sham their way out of duties or rats out other soldiers to CoC
RTO (or RATELO) - radio/telephone operator in the field. The RTO carries the communication system for the platoon. Mobile telecom systems are designed to work in the worst conditions and are pretty heavy. RTOs are still required to carry all the same equipment as other soldiers, including their rifle and ammunition, in addition to the telecom equipment. If the RTO is injured or killed, another soldier is required to carry the comms equipment to ensure the platoon maintains contact with command.
EXPRESSIONS
Squared Away - describes a soldier with competent, military bearing or has his/her "shit together." If you're squared away CoC usually leaves you alone because you consistently follow regs and act like you know what you['re doing.
Ate Up - describes a soldier who's the opposite of squared away, acting like a sloppy civilian, incompetent, usually elicits shunning from other soldiers. Used in context. "How'd that guy get out of basic acting like that? Ate up."
Tore Up from the Floor Up - REALLY ate up. Usually used to describe a an ate up soldier who's also just made a series of very bad choices and got caught (or physics taught them a hard lesson).
Fart Sack - Army-issued sleeping bag. No explanation needed.
Woobie - Army issued poncho liner. It's like a quilted nylon blanket. Soldiers always refer to their woobie with love, like kids talk about their favorite stuffed animal, because it keeps them warm at night. I still have mine. I curl up with it on the couch when I watch TV.
EVERYDAY WORDS, BUT RETROFITTED FOR THE ARMY
Hard - used to describe someone who's is perceived to be very tough and able to do painful or dangerous things when necessary. Used in context, "Holy shit, di he just stitched up his own laceration? Fucker's HARD," and, "Man, he fought til the end. Went out HARD."
A Tool - Someone who is a little too squared away and is a jerk about it or is actually very ate up and thinks they're squared away (and is a jerk about it). Nobody likes a tool, just like nobody likes a blue falcon (see above for definition of blue falcon).
Leg - Airborne units (specifically from the 82nd Airborne Division) refer to anyone who isn't airborne as "a leg." Anyone who isn't considered airborne but is airborne qualified (earned their wings in jump school) is referred to as a five-jump chump because they've only jumped 5 times as opposed to airborne who jump 40+ times in a 3-5 year span.
There are many words & expressions you'll only find in the military.
If you're doing research for writing military fic, be careful not to mix up expressions between different organizations, such as "hooah" (Army) versus "hoorah" (Marines).
Also, as obvious as this seems, please note that non-American militaries have their own expressions.
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dduane · 8 months
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"Conka Honka Bonka anyone? "
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superlinguo · 8 months
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New Open Access Publication: Communicating about linguistics using lingcomm-driven evidence: Lingthusiasm podcast as a case study
Films have behind-the-scenes commentary tracks, Lingthusiasm now has a behind-the-scenes research article (a DOI rather than a DVD).
This new Open Access article in Language and Linguistics Compass is an introduction to a variety of evidence-based practice from linguistics, education, and psychology we have drawn upon and further developed in the first seven years of creating Lingthusiasm. We introduce you to a lot of the ways we think about framing, jargon, metaphor and putting feeling into our favourite linguistics topics. We argue that this is not just the basis of our work on the podcast, but a way of formalising the contribution that lingcomm (linguistics communication) can make to the larger field of scicomm (science communication). We also share some results from our 2022 listener survey that illustrate how our audience is receptive to the work we're doing.
We hope that it provides a bit of an insight into how we do what we do, but also inspires other linguists to communication their research - whether that's in a 3 minute thesis competition, a blog post for your institution, or "trying out [lingcomm] explanations during relevant, natural occasions in local communities" (i.e., chatting with friends and family, which is where we come up with some of our best episode ideas!).
Abstract
Communicating linguistics to broader audiences (lingcomm) can be achieved most effectively by drawing on insights from across the fields of linguistics, science communication (scicomm), pedagogy and psychology. In this article we provide an overview of work that examines lingcomm as a specific practice. We also give an overview of the Lingthusiasm podcast, and discuss four major ways that we incorporate effective communications methodologies from a range of literature in the production of episodes. First, we discuss how we frame topics and take a particular stance towards linguistic attitudes, second, we discuss how we introduce linguistic terminology and manage audience cognitive load, third, we discuss the role of metaphor in effective communication of abstract concepts, and fourth, we discuss the affective tools of humour and awe in connecting audiences with linguistic concepts. We also discuss a 2022 survey of Lingthusiasm listeners, which highlights how the audience responds to our design choices. In providing this summary, we also advocate for lingcomm as a theoretically-driven area of linguistic expertise, and a particularly effective forum for the application of linguistics.
Citation
Gawne, L., & McCulloch, G. (2023). ‘Communicating about linguistics using lingcomm-driven evidence: Lingthusiasm podcast as a case study’, Language and Linguistics Compass, 17/5: e12499. DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.12499 [OA publication]
See also:
The Lingthusiasm website
LingComm website
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Midterm (slang): someone halfway between stages, phases, or states of sexuality, orientation, gender, presentation, identity or sex.
In Brazil, it's very common to use "meio-termo" referring to pluralians (bi/pan/ply/omni/tri/multi), cuspers/evenics (of any kind), transitioners and androgynous people, serial monogamists (and some non-monoamorous people) whose gender of partners varies (multipartnering), GNC/PNC, acespec/arospec, multigender/agender or otherwise non-binary people, and many others.
Therefore it can be a reclaimed term.
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power-chords · 2 months
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I am begging you all to peruse this list of Citizens Band radio slang. Your day will be much improved.
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alittlebitoftruthcan · 5 months
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Two types of people are needed to run a temple: a learned person and a very stupid one. And this is how all temples are run—two types of people: the learned who have become the priests, and the stupid who follow them. This is how every temple is run. If stupid people disappear from the earth there will be no temples. If learned people disappear from the temples there will be no temples. A duality is needed for a temple to exist. That’s why you cannot find God in a temple—because you cannot find him in a duality. These temples are inventions of the clever people to exploit the stupid. All temples are inventions—clever people exploiting… they have become the priests.
Priests are the most clever people, they are the greatest exploiters, and they exploit in such a way that you cannot even revolt against them. They exploit you for your own sake, they exploit you for your own good. Priests are the most clever because they spin theories out of nothing: all the theologies, all that they have created—tremendous! Cleverness is needed to create religious theories. And they go on creating such big edifices that it is almost impossible for an ordinary man to enter those edifices. And they use such jargon, they use such technical terms, that you cannot understand what they are talking about. And when you cannot understand you think they are very profound. Whenever you cannot understand a thing you think it is very profound—‘It is beyond me.’
Remember this: Buddha speaks in a very ordinary language which can be understood by anybody. It is not the language of a priest. Jesus speaks in small parables—any uneducated man can understand it—he never uses any religious jargon. Mahavira talks, gives his teachings, in the language of the most ordinary and common people. Mahavira and Buddha never used Sanskrit, never, because Sanskrit was the language of the priest, the brahmin. Sanskrit is the most difficult language. Priests have made it so difficult—they have polished and polished and polished. The very word SANSKRIT means polishing, refining. They have refined it to such a pitch that only if you are very very learned can you understand what they are saying, otherwise it is beyond. Buddha used the language of the people, Pali. Pali was the language of the people, of the villagers. Mahavira used Prakrit. Prakrit is the unrefined form of Sanskrit; Prakrit is the natural form of Sanskrit—no grammar, not much. The scholar has not entered yet, he has not refined the words so they become beyond common people. But the priests have been using Sanskrit, they still use it. Nobody understands Sanskrit now, but they go on using Sanskrit because their whole profession depends on creating a gap, not a bridge—in creating a gap. If the common people cannot understand, only then the priests can survive. If the common people understand what they are saying they are lost, because they are saying nothing.
Once Mulla Nasruddin went to a doctor—and doctors have learned the trick from the priests: they write in Latin and Greek, and they write in such a way that even if they have to read it again it is difficult. Nobody should understand what they are writing. So Mulla Nasruddin went to a doctor and he said, ‘Listen, be plain. Just tell me the facts. Don’t use Latin and Greek.’ The doctor said, ‘If you insist, and if you allow me to be frank, you are not ill at all. You are just plain lazy.’ Nasruddin said, ‘Okay, thank you. Now write it in Greek and Latin so I can show it to my family.’
The clever have always been exploiting the common people. That’s why Buddha, Jesus and Mahavira were never respected by brahmins, scholars, clever ones, because they were destructive, they were destroying their whole business. If the people understand, then there is no need for the priest. Why?—because the priest is a mediator. He understands the language of God. He understands your language. He translates your language into the language of God. That’s why they say Sanskrit is DEV-BHASHA, the language of God: ‘You don’t know Sanskrit?—I know, so I become the intermediate link, I become the interpreter. You tell me what you want and I will say it in Sanskrit to God, because he understands only Sanskrit.’ And of course you have to pay for it.
— Osho (No Water, No Moon)
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prokopetz · 10 months
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Like, as a tabletop RPG designer I'm the last person who's in a position to begrudge anyone the right to develop goofy domain-specific jargon, but I think if I ever used the word "oomfie" in a sentence the psychic backlash would kill me on the spot.
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markscherz · 6 months
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Hello mister, so I saw the post where you said toads were a kind of frog and I had to ask : what are some other kinds ?
There are very few other names for frogs. The term 'toadlet' is used extensively to refer to various different small, vaguely toad-like creatures, but has zero taxonomic validity. Xenopus species are sometimes called 'platannas', which is an Afrikaans loan word. And then there are several individual names for species, like pobblebonks are Limnodynastes dumerilii. But these are not used consistently. I can't think of any others. Most frogs are referred to by 'adjective frogs', like Microhylidae are 'narrow-mouthed frogs' or 'microhylid frogs'.
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frameacloud · 1 year
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“‘Otherkin’ are people who believe themselves to be not entirely human in some way. Most believe they are non-human in a spiritual sense [...] Most otherkin claim to have a non-human soul. Usually, they believe they have lived as something non-human during their past lives, although not all otherkin even believe in reincarnation. Most otherkin claim to have been creatures most people believe to be mythical, like elves, fae [fairies] or even dragons. However, there are many who believe that they were earth-dwelling animals, like wolves, cats or even birds. [...] The otherkin have a large online community, which began in the mid-1990s, but there are those who claim that otherkin have been always been around, just without the names for what they were before, and without the community that only became possible with the development of the Internet. [...] One important thing to remember is that the concept of otherkin is not a religion. Otherkin can be Hindu, Muslim, Neopagan, Christian or even atheist. [...] Otherkin [...] do not claim to live any differently from normal people. They watch TV, complain about their jobs and live practically no differently to anyone else. Most do not believe themselves to be any better than the common man, as the general otherkin belief is that everything has its place in nature - nothing is better or worse, just different.”
- Excerpts from “Otherkin,” an article written by Wolf in the Shadows on October 7, 2003. You can read the full article here, on the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition, which is a collaborative online encyclopedia..
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dustyhyena · 8 months
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some jargon doodles from the past few days
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academicelephant · 6 months
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Selected list of key terms in pro wrestling
I meant this to be short and compact but it actually ended up being rather long. Anyway, hopefully I didn't forget something important!
angle - a fictional storyline which usually begins when one wrestler attacks another
(baby)face - the good guy in the ring, that wrestler who is booked to be cheered by fans
beat down - an angle in which someone is the recipient of a one-sided beating usually by a group of wrestlers
blading - a wrestler intentionally cutting themselves to sell their opponent's offense
blow up - to become exhausted during a match
book - to determine and schedule the events of a wrestling card
booker (also screenwriter) - a person who is setting up matches and writing angles
break character - to not follow one's gimmick (usually only for a moment, for example laughing when one shouldn't laugh, or a heel being nice to a fan or a fellow wrestler)
bump - to fall on the mat or on the ground; moves in witch a wrestler lands on a given surface
burial - the lowering of a wrestler's status in the eyes of the fans
bust open - to start to bleed
call out - to ask someone to come in the ring
call spots - to instruct the other wrestler of what is going to happen in the match
card - the order of matches in a given event
finisher - a wrestler's signature move that usually leads to pinfall or submission
gimmick - a wrestler's in-ring persona, character, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits they have while performing
Gorilla position - the staging area just behind the curtain where wrestlers come out to the ring
heat - negative reactions from the fans
heel - the bad guy in the ring, that wrestler who is booked to be booed by the fans
high-flying moves - moves that are using the ring's posts and ropes as aids. A wrestler who often uses such moves is said to have a high-flying wrestling style or called a high-flying wrestler
house show - untelevised event
jobber - a wrestler who routinely loses in order to build the credibility of other wrestlers
kayfabe - the portrayal of staged events as real; the presentation of professional wrestling as being entirely legitimate or unscripted
kick-out - to use the legs to kick or power out of a pin by using the force made to lift the shoulders off the mat
mark - a fan who believes (or behaves as though they believe) professional wrestling to be unscripted. Can also refer to people who don't know much about the business
near-fall - a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before third count
over-sell - to show too much of reaction to an opponent's offense
pinfall - holding a wrestler's shoulders to the mat for a three count by which one (usually) wins the match
pop - positive reactions from the fans
promo - an in-character interview or monologue to advance a storyline (the act of doing this is known as cutting a promo)
push - an attempt by the booker to make a wrestler win more matches and become more popular in the eyes of the fans
rest hold - a loose hold during which wrestlers catch their breath or plan the next series of spots
rope break - a break of the pin count or submission when a wrestler has their hands or feet on the rope or under the rope
sell - to react to something in a way which makes it appear believable and legitimate to the audience
signature move - a move a wrestler regularly performs and is known of
smark - smart mark; a fan who has inside knowledge of the wrestling business but isn't speaking from their personal experience
spot - any planned action or series of actions in a match
storyline - the plot of events
tap out - a wrestler tapping the mat (three times) to end the match by submission
technical wrestling - a style of wrestling focused more on holds, takedowns, submissions, and grappling
turn - a switch from being a face to being a heel or vice versa
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ecto42 · 3 months
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I am rewatching Fantasy High sophomore year, and while I do really love the like emotional storytelling, my actual favorite moments are the very technical speak about magic. Particularly every interaction with Ayda and Adaine where Brennan and Siobhan get into very technical magic jargon. Like as a neurodivergent person and an engineer it really scratches that itch in my brain that is like “I need to understand how this thing works and what it does.” As well as the “This is how I, as an autistic with ADHD, talk to my friends about very weird like physics meets metaphysical stuff like how we can’t see the entire spectrum of light but we know it’s there, and similarly we can’t sense past 3 dimensions but we know more are possible. By that logic it would be entirely reasonable that something like a ‘biblically accurate angel’ would be insane to look at and have a million eyes if it exists in more dimensions than we naturally perceive.”
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