Sink the Jargonaut... and have fun doing so!

As I said yesterday, communicating plainly gets the message across. Jargon/gibberish/gobbledygook, when spotted, must be shot out of the water and sunk!

But you can have fun doing that. With that in mind, here's a great site:

Plain English Campaign

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/

One of its tools is a gobbledygook generator:

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/gobbledygook-generator.html

Have fun! Next, check out the site's Golden Bull awards:

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/campaigning/awards/2013-awards/golden-bull-awards.html

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Not to be outdone, the Wall Street Journal has its Business Buzzwords Generator...

http://projects.wsj.com/buzzwords2014/#p=4%7C%7C23,5%7C%7C2%7C%7C1

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If you are in the educational line of work, you'll love this one...

Educational Jargon Generator

http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html

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All is not lost here. I spotted this attempt by a bank's credit card division to simplify the fine print in its ad, with a dose of humour!...