However, when someone tries to use it to make himself sound more "official" and then ends up using it completely wrong, I will fault them for that. If you're going to use a word, know what it means.

Lots of people are guilty of such things. I grade papers for an astronomy course at my college. One of the assignments was to plan a mission to Jupiter. One group included a gamma ray spectrometer. However, from their paper, I got the distinct impression they had no idea what a gamma ray spectrometer did.

So in short, if you're going to use big words, know what they mean.

• Entanglement & informania - wandaqueen - December 16, 2004 - 20:23 UTC
  • definition - wandaqueen - December 17, 2004 - 18:25 UTC
    • phlogiston - carefuluniverse - December 17, 2004 - 20:34 UTC
      • Informational placebo - wandaqueen - December 18, 2004 - 04:26 UTC
        • Causality - doctordick - December 18, 2004 - 21:04 UTC
          • So much fun with 'Causality Violation' - carefuluniverse - December 19, 2004 - 20:36 UTC
            • Sorry you spent so much time on that! - doctordick - December 20, 2004 - 00:43 UTC
              • How much time is that, Dear Dr. D? - carefuluniverse - December 20, 2004 - 01:07 UTC
                • Your world view is in your head! - doctordick - December 21, 2004 - 11:41 UTC
                  • Same to you but more of it ! - carefuluniverse - December 22, 2004 - 20:46 UTC
                    • We only think we think!!! - doctordick - December 22, 2004 - 21:27 UTC
                      • The pronoun is shifting... - carefuluniverse - December 23, 2004 - 04:18 UTC
          • I agree - wandaqueen - December 22, 2004 - 03:38 UTC
            • Sorry, I overlooked this earlier. - doctordick - December 22, 2004 - 21:43 UTC
• When talking on this forum, "students" is jargon - carefuluniverse - December 17, 2004 - 06:43 UTC
  • I just invented that word - wandaqueen - December 17, 2004 - 18:06 UTC