Sunday, June 15, 2008

Professional Lingo Speak

I dont know how many of you have observed this ...I am sure all of you have been a victim of this . Victim of Professional Lingo speak.
What exactly is Profesional lingo speak? Well its basically the tendency to carry forward your Official Professional Language into the daily day to day language you use. There are a few interesting observations to be made on lingo speak ..
First , its most likely to be carried out by guys fresh into the professional field. For example you will have young medicos "examining a specimen for degradation" while buying tomatoes..or young cadets "putting the tomatoes to a fitness test" or guys fresh out of engineering "measuring the tomatoes with vernier callipers" ...!! These are not what is done ..these are what is spoken.

Secondly, the lingo speak is also resorted to as a snide remark where a semblance of secrecy is mantained,or example , if a doc refers to a smelly guy next to him as an "olfactory disorder" ...would that person come to know of it? On the other hand it would evoke a total response from another doc sitting there.

Thirdly, this lingo speak is a measure of community. If I speak the engineer lingo I belong to the community. One can look on this as a kind of security measure of taking refuge in groups. More likely it serves a sense of ritual and bonding.
Lastly , this lingo speak is resorted to only in the begining of career ..As people mature they settle down to social lingo speak than a professional lingo speak..

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