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    Saul Alinsky and the power of words

    MAY 1, 2012 5:11PM

    By sharlan douglas


    Topics: business, douglas communications group, sharlan douglas, jargon, writing, rules for radicals, saul alinsky

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    they come in dreams (a horror)

    AUGUST 11, 2011 6:09PM

    By Meatsquare


    Topics: story, signal, horror, patterns, dreams, h.p. lovecraft, pseudo-scientific, jargon

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    Doublespeak and the GOP

    MAY 1, 2011 5:00PM

    By rod hillen


    Topics: rhetoric, language, jargon, petitions, facebook, 1984, rand paul, politics

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    Why Is Talking To Doctors So Difficult?

    OCTOBER 13, 2010 10:02AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: doctors, medicine, communication, conversation, patient, patient care, medical care, health insurance, medical training, self-confidence, jargon, feminism, science

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    Ask Mr. Sports Talk Guy

    NOVEMBER 18, 2009 7:58AM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: humor, spoof, comedy, advice, sports, jargon

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    Something writers should (but don't need to) do

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 5:49PM

    By Mark Pritchard


    Topics: belief/religion, jargon, neologisms, writing, grammar

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    Hollow Support

    MARCH 27, 2009 8:45PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: little people, jargon, terminology, fragility, fragile, lack of support, support, digging, building, collapse, fantasies, illusions, delusions, daydreams, dreams, goals, hollow support, metaphor, lessons learned, childhood memories, swing set, sandbox, economy, economics, politics

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    Hacking, before the Internet

    NOVEMBER 16, 2008 2:46PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: hackito ergo sum, hackity-hack, hacks, hack, cracker, hacker, clever, programming, technical, prank, pacific tech, caltech, mit, history, linguistic evolution, linguistics, language, terminology, jargon

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