CMST 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eye Contact, Kinesics, Dont
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Euphemism (inverse) can help you identify with others upper class: polite term substituted for blunt term b, acceptable in most situations better safe than sorry, can appear closed off; can think your encoding was more successful than it, slang is all over. Jargon professional: professional orientated language, encapsulates complex ideas, exclude others outside the profession, can inhibit shared knowledge, protect your field/job security, law is jargon heavy medicine cost/job security/community, communication issues: nurse says patient will be dc"ed (discharged) tomorrow, old woman heard deceased, bureaucracy perpetuate the need for you job, bloated sustems/structures/high cost, appliance for sharpening wooden dowels up to 10 mm pencil sharpener, hexaform rotateable compression unit nut, use language to lie and tell the truth simultaneously, words are accurate but not broadcasting the truth, greater than 10,000 workers fired enrolled in a career alternative enhancement program, rapid oxidation fire in the core.
