In fact, a popular regular feature is the Ahead of the Times column that ridicules my educational jargon and my attempts at wisdom in assemblies.
Because we are both Princeton graduates, I sent him a copy, hoping that he would not be appalled by my scholarly jargon.
"I left thinking he had just filled my head with jargon, and then it gradually dawned on me that it is actually where I am just living".
Years as a writer and editor at The Times had sharpened my eye for jargon, much of it from government and politics.
I then zoomed off on my mission to make the world a better place by resolving to say "doctor" in future and to watch my use of jargon and abbreviations.
My contract is permanent ('open-ended' in the HR jargon), but my fellowship funding is finite and my university, a Russell Group member which makes big claims about its equality and diversity credentials, immediately said they were not willing to fund maternity cover beyond the fixed period of that funding.
The old Navy jargon "belay my last," meaning disregard my last statement, applies to my commentary from yesterday.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has experienced another example of "rapid unscheduled disassembly" – which is Musk jargon for "my rocket exploded".
"I'm 8 months in to my postdoc, and I'm just beginning to know the right jargon for my neck of the woods, and what the right questions are to ask".
'Fab!' I cried, copying my elder brother's jargon of the time.
I will fall asleep at the parties, get lost by the jargon, crash my phone with the apps, do something stupid with the products, or just drown in the sheer idealistic ebullience of it all.
