Conversely (this one I didn't explain to them yet), using the simplest possible words protects you against bogusness, because you can't conceal it very effectively in simple words.
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Something I explained to my kids: There's a kind of fake science that consists of making up intellectual-sounding words for ideas everyone already has. Canonical example: ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph.
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Scientism?
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Isn't all science like this?
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This opens a discussion to: "what is science?" to some extent. To be clear, I specifically mean in your above example, not debating other obvious items.
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A structured way of asking questions about the world we live in. The structure is the cycle of observation, experiment and conclusion.
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You're subverting my expectations
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Even worse example: 'Uber For...' Cringe.
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Like the word Scientology?
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I think everyone just wants to leave their footprint on this world and tries to do it in any way they can.
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Side effect of the incentive structure of academia
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