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It can be complicated and confusing, especially when people use odd phrases and jargon such as "graduate market".

So try to avoid imprecise jargon such as good attachment, strong attachment, attachment problems (and never use attachment disorders as it's a term restricted to qualified clinicians).

They cannot compel countries to do anything that might cost money ("burden sharing" in the jargon), such as propping up banks with more capital.

The US has crowned a Spelling Bee champion almost every year since 1925, and those champions have mostly pursued careers in fields that reward dedicated study and a knack for jargon, such as medicine, law, chemistry or engineering.

Ever since the Brexit debate heated up last year, we've been pelted with bureaucratic jargon such as "article 50" and "equivalence", while seeing everyday phrases twisted out of all recognition.

He mocked fashionable jargon such as "behind the curve", pointing out that any pilot knew that if he were behind the power curve he was heading for a crash, and published his witty "rules for writing", each an example of the solecism it purported to ban, for example: "Remember to never split an infinitive".

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Though still confused in the use of jargons (such as language functions), the increase attention to content specific language development is evident.

Sandburg's characters use corn-fed slang such as "we done it" and "got the blues --a sort of nonsense jargon.

This database is particularly useful for finding specific jargon words such as words related to economics, scientific research, etc.

These include jargon based acronyms such as TALL-1, THANK and BAFF and the label zTNF4.

For Alun Michael, South Wales Labour commissioner, this means cutting jargon and acronyms, such as the term PCC, which "lose sympathy and support" and encouraging a revival of neighbourhood watch associations.

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