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I'm of two minds when it comes to specialized vocabulary. That's what is so great about the English language: anyone can make up a word, and inside of a few months it can be part of mainstream speech. But that is why it is so difficult to learn - half of it is made up and new words are created when its convenient. This extends to any trade, be it engineering, farming, aeronautics, or even more abstract practices such as finance, economics, and the like (well at least abstract to me. I am damn clueless when it comes to wheelings and dealings). For example, today on the radio I heard a a lady talking about your "financial horizon". That sounds like something used to pitch time shares on Jupiter! Supposedly it refers to how long you will be holding onto a financial... piece, thingy, like a 401k for retirement. What's wrong with "long term goal"? Teaching and education uses an unbelievable amount of kerfuffle in its "scholarly" articles. Terminology includes "compulsively disruptive kids" (CDKs), "people-first language" (Good: student who is emotionally disturbed. Bad: emotionally disturbed student. Fired: fucking shitheel) and "University of California Riverside Graduate School of Education" (retirement home for washed up, self-important, day-late-dollar-short instructors.. except for one! Maybe two).