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    Default Re: Jargon-based dystopia

    There is a difference between being flowery and over-using jargon. Use of metaphor or simile that evokes some kind of feeling, or better help the understanding of the various layers of meaning behind a phrase is one thing. Using contrived phrases to demonstrate an affiliation to some particular paradigm.
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    Default Re: Jargon-based dystopia

    Ockham's razor

    I'm just saying right now that Jihad is a word that has been turned inside out. While it can mean a religious war, it can be better translated as 'quest' rather than 'holy war'.
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    Have you just been dumped?

    I ask because it's usually something like that which causes outbursts like this, needless to say I dissagree completely.

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