Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Actually, just to chime in here on this bike shed moment, I am under the 
strong impression that "technobabble" does indeed refer exclusively to 
the incorrect usage of actual terms in order to give an appearance of 
technical proficiency. The difference between technobabble and what 
you're describing is that in the case of technobabble, there is no one 
who can validate the usage of the terms, if they're even real. In the 
case that you're describing, someone can validate what the person is 
saying, it's just that you in particular don't understand it; the person 
isn't making anything up. And just because you don't understand it 
doesn't mean it is objectively any kind of babble. :)

Thanks,
Mike

On 08/09/2014 05:58 PM, Paul wrote:
> Completely as an aside...
>
>
> On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:49:03 -0400
> Pikov Andropov <pikov22@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Tom Davies wrote on 8/9/2014 2:25 PM:
> > > Italo's techno-babble was brilliant and i thought fairly easy to
> > > understand.  It's good to have it laid out so clearly!
> >
> > I don't think you mean "techno-babble", Tom. "Technobabble refers to
> > the use of terms from mathematics, science, or engineering
> > incorrectly, in order to create a false sense of technical solidity
> > around a field or concept."
>
> Technobabble does *not* have to be terms used incorrectly. Technobabble
> is any use of technical terms that, because they are not really
> understood, are just babble to the listener.
>
> :)


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