How to figure out mystery terms in research you want to use in your work
Unpacking jargon to better grasp research
Academics often use phrases or words as shorthand for complicated ideas or processes, at least in part to avoid having to repeat an even longer phrase over and over. For example, in this piece, when I say “term” or “terms”, I mean “phrase or word” or “phrases or words.”
Unfortunately, the terms academics use in journal artic…
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