• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    4 天前

    Because it’s easier to refer to something with a single word or abbreviation than to have to explain the entire concept?

    It’s more slang than jargon either way.

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      4 天前

      Slang is informal language, jargon is a specialized term. This post is asking for jargon. Slang is designed to keep people out of a social in-group, jargon is designed to keep people out of an intellectual in-group.