Sentence examples for jargon before from inspiring English sources

Jack rises from the desk in his glass-windowed office, spouting business jargon before stripping off his shirt and inviting Tess to lunch.

Even though my dad was a publisher working three blocks away at McGraw-Hill, I hadn't been exposed to corporate culture or its native language, corporate jargon, before then.

Knowing basic knowledge and military jargon before arriving at basic training can help you stand out from the crowd.

After all, Internet abbreviations had been part of techie jargon for years before anyone thought to weave them into conversation.

Far better to be the left of a boom than the right of it," said Rear Adm John Kirby, using military jargon about periods before and after an attack.

There, he had to come from behind, holding off – "riding the gap" as the jargon puts it – before producing a surge of pace up the back straight to clinch the title by over a bike length.

Chinook Jargon may have originated before European contact.

Troops here were familiar with the budget jargon of sequestration, interviews before Mr. Obama's address showed.

Ask for a copy of your contract before you sign it, then get someone who understands legal jargon to look over it before signing anything.

The cricket match itself is slapstick fun, even for readers who stumble over its jargon: "Got up to 30 before he was lbw'd".

So desiccated jargon drives out plain language, even before it passes through the translation mill, which grinds everything into a sort of bureaucratic Esperanto.But there are deeper reasons.