Business jargon is a kind of organizational machine code, like legalese. Its borderline intelligibility and informality are red herrings
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Actually, NOT tribal. The opposite of tribal. Tribal communication in orgs happens either separately or through double-coding
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Isn’t jargon a form of double-coding within an organization?
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Double-coding by defn is not a primary function. If the primary function is empty, you get ritual/ceremonial language (which also exists).
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