Language and Occupation Wider Reading by Neil Hussey https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr Made with a wish on a star en-us 2022-04-05 17:56:23 UTC 2025-04-28 19:07:39 UTC hello@padlet.com article 11 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132246632 restaurants develop their own language ‘to save staff time, and customers their egos’.
allows employees to communicate feelings about customers - e.g. ‘PIA’ meaning ‘pain in the arse’, ‘DBC’ meaning ‘douche bag central’. there are also some positive abbreviations used, such as ‘VNP’ (very nice person).
]]> 2022-04-06 08:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132246632 article 11 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132247558 jargon is presented in the article in a generally positive & humorous way, it seems to consider these codes necessary in the workplace — e.g ‘ change the tetley’s’ being used in east end pubs to communicate that staff should call the police.]]> 2022-04-06 08:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132247558 article 11 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132248940 article suggests abbreviations and jargon used in restaurants are similar to Dr. Brian Goldman’s examples in a hospital — often to describe the traits of patients/guests without softening/hedging. (e.g. in a hospital, ‘yellow submarine’ = overweight patient with jaundice, ‘frequent flier’ = hypochondriac. in this article, ‘QF’ = quite fussy, ‘HAF’ = had a few.)

there are some differences from lang used in other occupations though, as in this article, the jargon of the restaurants are largely initialisms, rather than code words or phrases.]]> 2022-04-06 08:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132248940 article 11 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132311644 to discuss customers they use physical descriptions such as "Assisi" for bald people or LAL for lookalikes in addition to the name of the celebrity.]]> 2022-04-06 09:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132311644 article 11 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132314366 there are specific codes for the type of customer in terms of how to respond to them such as QF which means quite fussy or doughnut which means they wish to be left alone throughout the meal.]]> 2022-04-06 09:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132314366 article 11 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132317300 being sacked or dish off menu = "86'd".
comes from printing as 85 lines was once the maximum.]]> 2022-04-06 09:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132317300 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132354338 some people hate management speech: the phrase 'going forward' is more sinister than annoying ]]> 2022-04-06 10:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132354338 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132357896 no longer allowed to use the phrase 'brain storm' because it may have negative connotations associated with fits and the phrase must be replaced with 'idea showers']]> 2022-04-06 10:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132357896 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132364132 "my favourite which i hear from the managers at the bank work for is 'let's touch base about that offline' i think it means have a private chat but i am still not sure"
The 'I am not sure' implies that not everyone in the workplace knows what the clippings and acronyms people use means ]]> 2022-04-06 10:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132364132 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132367127 Pre-Plan: arguably there is no such thing because you either plan or you don't, there is no inbetween]]> 2022-04-06 10:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132367127 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132370949 In summary, the article suggests that although phrases in the workplace can be useful because it may be helpful for the workers, and in the case of the NHS it will prevent patients getting worried for example, but although they are used and can be useful, not every worker in the same department understands them]]> 2022-04-06 10:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132370949 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132373373 'The particular phrase i hate is drill down'- this can either be an adveb or verb, or as a compound noun ]]> 2022-04-06 10:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132373373 Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face (Article 7) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132595645 Brian Goldman states in his book that 'slang can be seen as therapeutic/a form of comic relief that builds camaraderie between overworked doctors and nurses'. This can  help them relieve them from stressful situations. “The inability to laugh on rounds in an environment like our ICU, where there’s very little to laugh about, is going [to] be tragic and injurious to safety and to the quality of care”]]> 2022-04-06 13:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132595645 Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face (Article 7) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132609762 'cowboys and fleas': Surgeons are sometimes referred to as 'cowboys' due to their 'act first, think later' attitude, whereas internists are spoken about through the acronym 'fleas' (fucking little estoteric assholes). Different specialists tend to have code names for one another, sparking from department rivalries.]]> 2022-04-06 13:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132609762 Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face (Article 7) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132622364 Not all jargon used in hospitals are pejorative. 'Discharged up', 'ECU' (eternal care unit) and 'discharged to heaven' refers to people who have recently passed.
Similarly, 'in the departure lounge', or 'entering the drain' are people who is dying but still holding on to life. Moreover, 'circling the drain' is a patient who cannot be saved.]]> 2022-04-06 13:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132622364 Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face (Article 7) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132626994 FLK: An acronym for funny-looking kid - referring to the facial characteristics of a child with a genetic or congenital condition.]]> 2022-04-06 13:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2132626994 Article 10 - Not fit for Purpose https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134089707 MPs frequently use euphemisms, "no examples of good language", could point to quality of discussions in the House of Commons to be low, simply avoiding the point they want to make.

MPs elicited "no examples of good language, but plenty of examples of bad language". These included euphemisms routinely used by politicians and civil servants such as "downsizing" and "efficiency savings" rather than budget or staff cuts.]]> 2022-04-07 06:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134089707 Article 10 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134123902 Frequent usage of Jargon, to hide the fact that the speaker is uneducated about their current point. For example, "counterfactual of an inflationary increase and reprioritisation", is simply rambling for the sake of rambling. ]]> 2022-04-07 07:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134123902 Extra notes nhussey1973 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134148782 2022-04-07 07:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134148782 article 7- doctors https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134315542 heading/title :

"Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face"

here - noun
secret - adjective
secret jargon - assumption of an educated audience- implies the education of jargon and how they are gatekeeping this lexis, using it against those with lesser education
doctors use - metaphor - implies this secret language is like a weapon that they are using against people not part of this knowledge.
talk trash - alliteration, metaphor - pun
you to your face - targets the audience direct to the reader makes them more engaged

]]> 2022-04-07 10:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134315542 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134319001 2022-04-07 10:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134319001 What a FLK (funny looking kid) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134327426 Clearly this doctor doesn't use technical jargon because his mouth is covered. The shocked expression may suggest that the doctor is shocked, from this we can infer that this is shockingly shocking. ]]> 2022-04-07 10:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/occwr/wish/2134327426