From the course: Writing in Plain English (2016)

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Avoid technobabble and legalese

Avoid technobabble and legalese

From the course: Writing in Plain English (2016)

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Avoid technobabble and legalese

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- As we discuss Technobabble, sometimes called technospeak and legalese, they may sound a lot like the other categories we've examined. And they are. Just two more ways to try to sound pompous rather than to use plain English. Technobabble doesn't have to be connected to computer technology, even though computer programmers and coders know and use a lot of technobabble. It can be any area that has technical or scientific details. Star Trek was known for using technobabble. The area of technology is, however, the first thing that comes to my mind, probably because I'm not a techie person. I can do the basics, but if something goes wrong, I probably don't know how to fix the problem so I use the Ask the Experts feature at Hewitts University Instructional Technology Services a lot of questions. Remember the PICNIC acronym from another lesson? Problem In Chair Not In Computer. That's probably written in my file. When that techie person is trying to help me, I dread the words, "It's really…

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