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Focuses on the public relations challenges presented by the growing use of jargons in various professions. Solution to this communication problem; Source of misunderstanding between technologists and non-technologists; Inductive and deductive approaches to jargon translation; Role of the communicator as educator.

The article focuses on writing skills of the corporate writers. Corporate writers create contents filled with vague quotes and corporate babble. Their stories and press releases are loaded with jargon and organizational boilerplate. Use of anecdotes and examples in the corporate writing will make the content specific and clear to the people.

Depicts library jargons as interpreted through layman's perception using cartoon art. Human component of regional node; Authority file; Deck attendant.

A reprint of the article "This post will exceed your expectations," by Louise Restell, which appeared on the QualitySolicitors blog, is presented. The author mentions a blog post which suggests that people making conversations became stupid by not ensuring an individual understands them. He relates the blog to his experience in a law firm, where lawyers use jargon as an attempt to confuse.

The author shares some funny experiences about the use of clinical jargon. The author's friend who owns a local pharmacy tried to ask for a Canesten Pessary. However, the name of the treatment for Candida albicans was misunderstood by the assistant as her first name. Also, the author received two letters, one describing the patient as suffering from blurred nerve palsy when it was actually third nerve palsy and another about the sick nerve palsy which was supposed to be sixth nerve palsy.

Discusses the differences of the 1970s edition of the "Farmers Weekly" with its typical edition in 2004. Views on farming-related acronyms published in the journal's editions in 2004; Definition of a jargon; Examples of acronyms related to farming and their meanings.

This section presents several humorous trade-show jargon. Freebieoflage is the over application of free buttons and pins, creating an additional layer of clothing. Spielshirt is a t-shirt won by sitting through a 15-minute presentation. Proshilleration is the uncanny way vendor sales specialists seem to multiply the deeper you travel into a given vendor's booth. Dumbcierge is the often less-than-helpful helpdesk personnel on the show floor. Fragsploitation is the boring hardware vendors who set up multiple first-person-shooter games to demonstrate performance. Kioskiddies are the show attendees who actually use sponsor kiosks to check e-mail and conduct business. Walkienotalkies are the show attendees who wear walkie-talkies that appear to be just for show. Flooreographers are the show attendees who wander the aisles, their noses buried in massive vendor-booth maps.

Focuses on the application of English language in the field of engineering. Emphasis of the author on word processing; Disadvantages of three letter acronym; Barriers of jargon.

Emphasizes the disadvantages of using jargons in cross-functional teams. Includes listener's decoding of the unfamiliar code incorrectly; Listener's assumption of some meaning to misapplied words that ring with plausibility but will miss the precise message.

Discusses the use of point-of-sale device in computer jargon. What the term conveys; Technical correctness of the term; Comment on dialing a push button telephone.