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The article presents definitions of jargons related to beaches that were used in the 1920s including oyster, swordfish, and lifesaving station.

In sixth grade they were unlikely friends, the good kid and the bad one, the girl who studied and the one who smoked in the alley. They hung out; they met for lunch. They even walked home from school together, one watching, awestruck, while the other ducked into drugstores to shoplift lip gloss, cigarettes, candy. It couldn't last. One morning in seventh grade, a nasty note appeared on the tough girl's locker -- and someone told her the writer was her cautious friend. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A poison pill, in corporate jargon, is a financial arrangement designed to protect current management by crippling the company if someone else takes over. As I read the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center's analysis of the presidential candidates' tax proposals, I realized that the tax cuts enacted by the Bush administration are, in effect, a fiscal poison pill aimed at future administrations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

9 P.M. (HBO) RESOLVED (2008) Until the 1960s high school debate was an art form, a combination of ideas and eloquence. Today debate has evolved into a sport in which students memorize their arguments, employ a specialized jargon and use ''the spread,'' a style of machine-gun delivery at up to 400 words a minute. This documentary from Greg Whiteley follows two socio-economically and stylistically contrasting teams in their quest for the championship at the University of California-Berkeley Invitational Tournament and as their members seek admission to elite universities. The documentary also seeks to illuminate the racial and class divide in American education. Past debaters, including Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. of the Supreme Court, the actor Josh Lucas, the journalists Jane Pauley and Juan Williams, and the political adviser Karl Rove, discuss the value of their oratory skills. 11 A.M. (ABC) THE VIEW Glenn Close discusses politics; Catherine Bell and Kim Delaney talk about their hit series, ''Army Wives''; and Cyndi Lauper performs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SOLELY from a financial perspective, death is a tedious topic. It is fraught with paperwork, bureaucracy and legal jargon like ''revocable living trust.'' Then there is death itself, of course. Not much fun to contemplate that, either. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Discusses the purposes and value of business jargon.

Reports on the fragmentation of the English language into dialects in Asia. Mention of the so-called Speak Good English Movement initiated by the government of Singapore in an effort to eliminate the mixture of languages known as Singlish; Study of English as a second language in Asian countries.

Discusses the emergence of several jargons on businesses in the United States. Information on the study conducted by W. Davis Folsom, business professor at the University of South Carolina; Details on several jargons; Views on the type of language used in the business industry.

Translates examples of Microspeak, a company jargon made up of words and phrases commonly used at Microsoft Corp. Its documentation in an informal lexicon; Identification of contributors; Web site devoted to the lexicon; Language as software; Definition of adminisphere, ask, bandwidth and others.