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minus-squareRagdoll X@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-23 months agoSometimes you have to use complicated terms because you’re dealing with complicated ideas… Other times it’s clear that the authors are just trying to pad the length of a paper and sound more pompous. In Brazil we call this “enchendo linguiça”, which literally translates to “filling sausage”.
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago you’re dealing with complicated ideas With many specific components or processes that must be differentiated between each other, and often the difference is negligible, abstract or hazy to the untrained eye.
Sometimes you have to use complicated terms because you’re dealing with complicated ideas…
Other times it’s clear that the authors are just trying to pad the length of a paper and sound more pompous.
In Brazil we call this “enchendo linguiça”, which literally translates to “filling sausage”.
With many specific components or processes that must be differentiated between each other, and often the difference is negligible, abstract or hazy to the untrained eye.