Stylistic lexicology

Jargonisms

• Jargon – is a group of words with the aim to preserve secrecy within one or another social group, a code within a code, social in character : jargon of thieves (cant); of jazz musicians, of the military men; of sportsmen
• grease – money; tiger hunter – gambler; loaf – head, man and wife – knife (rhyming slang); manany ( naval jargon)– a sailor who is always putting of a job till tomorrow, from Spanish manana-tomorrow; soap and flannel( naval jargon)– bread and cheese.
• Slang, contrary to jargon, needs no translation. It is not a secret code. It is easily understood by native speakers.
• Some of jargonisms make their way into the literary language of the nation. They may be said to become dejargonized

• Examples of Medical Jargon
• Agonal - a major, negative change in a patient’s condition
• BP - Medical shorthand for blood pressure
• FX - bone fracture
• JT - A joint
• NPO - A patient should not take anything by mouth
• IM – Intramuscular
• Examples of Political Jargon
• Getting on a soapbox - Making a speech in public
• POTUS - President of the United States
• SCOTUS - Supreme Court of the United States
• Example of Police Jargon
• Assumed room temperature: An individual has died

Professionalisms

• Professionalisms are words used in a definite trade, profession or calling by people connected by common interests both at work and at home.
• e.g. tin-fish (shipping) – submarine
• block buster (military)– a bomb especially designed to destroy blocks of big buildings
• piper (cooking) – a specialist who decorates pastry with the use of a cream pipe
• a midder case (judiciary)- a midwifery case
• outer (boxing) – a knockout blow

Terms	Professionalisms
Special words in the literary layer That are easily decoded because their semantic structure is transparent, they often enter the neutral stratum	Special words in non-literary layer whose semantic structure is dim, generally they remain in circulation within a definite community