Jargon

         Jargon is commonly used in the story “Into Thin Air.” For example, short-ropes, sahib, corniced fin, the Balcony, etc. Normal people like us would not know the meaning unless we find out what these terms specifically refer to. Short-rope in climbing means assist a weak or injured climber by hauling him or her. Sahib is the term used by Sherpas to refer to the paying members of the expedition. The Balcony particularly refers to a small platform in the height of 8400m on Everest Mountain.

         People who watch the TV show “Glee” know the fans are being called the “Gleeks.” It is a word combined of glee and geek, which means a person who is devoted to this show and watch it every Tuesday. Another example is “Monsters” which is referred to Lady Gaga’s fans. Nowadays “Twitter” has been very popular in social network. When people post something on the website, we use the word “tweet” instead of the word post. Some words teenagers use in messengers or text message would be “idk”, “ttyl”, “lol”, and “brb.” Idk means “I don't know”; “ttyl” means “talk to you later”; “lol” means “laugh out loud”; and “brb” means “be right back.” A jargon commonly used in my old school is “seafood” and it is referred to the people who ruled our school. It is called seafood because it sounds like the word in Chinese.