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Micheal Jackson's Jargon As A Profession

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According to chapter 2, "a cliché is a once-clever word or phrase that has lost its impact through overuse" McLean, Scott (2010). Thereby, although one might try to be specific in this scenario, the tendency of not being taken seriously by the receiver exist thus pose a hindrance to what might have been a successful communication session. For instance,during a recent conversation I had recently with my best buddy over coffee with some other of my closest childhood friends. She had wanted to create a compilation of us her oldest buddies, lip-syncing and dancing to Justin Timberlake's cover version of Micheal Jackson's song 'love never felt so good' and present it for an upcoming birthday of her girlfriend which she had been dating for a while. Although I was all sport about it, I had actually suggested that why don't she just say she loved her. But being the odd duck that she is, my statement was a cliche as not only it might have unintentionally offended her, it does sound as if I had missed the whole whimsical part of it. …show more content…

"Jargon is an occupation-specific language used by people in a given profession and does not necessarily imply formal education, but instead focuses on the language people in a profession use to communicate with each other." McLean, Scott (2010) Most commonly used in recent years comprises of word abbreviations such as internet jargon. For example,
FAQ - Frequently asked questions
BTW - By the

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