Just because there is plenty of other limp jargon out there…..

I did think about stopping talking about jargon during Holy Week but then I thought if jargon is merely words that people use unwittingly to express a whole lexicon …

(please get me out of here…)

Jargon is a shorthand to communicate something quickly to an audience in the know. Or should I say ‘folk’ in the know.

It has often puzzled me why it is possible to refer to …

In the last few years I have noticed the rise of the qualifying objective to underline a decision. For example it is no longer any good to say that a decision has been made on economic grounds or social …

I have long got past the stage of getting worked up about doctrine etc: not that I don’t think it is unimportant- it is just that I get tired of flame wars and that notorious oxymoron: ‘Fighting for Christian …

Have you noticed how ‘Piece of work’ has become almost de rigeur in describing an activity that has been done? Think:-

‘That piece of work has been completed’

‘They produced a good piece of work’

‘They are engaged in …