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<blockquote data-quote="niklinna" data-source="post: 8654514" data-attributes="member: 71235">Agreed, but, somebody in this conversation asked for a definition of &quot;kicker&quot;, and [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] (and some others before him) gave a definition.Yes, that is one common meaning of kicker. Another is:2 North American informal - an unexpected and often unpleasant discovery or turn of events (Oxford American Dictionary)I found [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER]'s definition pretty clear, including the points that apparently needed later highlighting, especially considering the fact he wrote it most likely during a busy day and didn't have opportunity to check and revise multiple times, as one would do in the usually much more involved process used for publication. And, when asked for clarification, he provided it.In a thread that is about jargon, perhaps as an example of how people can explain jargon so that others can learn it and thereby develop some common ground for further conversation? I'm pretty chuffed to have learned a new word, myself!Again, this particular conversation is about jargon as such. I would hope that includes how jargon can be shared and learned. If folks were routinely refusing to explain words when asked, that would clearly be exclusionary behavior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="niklinna, post: 8654514, member: 71235"] Agreed, but, somebody in this conversation asked for a definition of "kicker", and [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] (and some others before him) gave a definition. Yes, that is one common meaning of kicker. Another is: 2 North American informal - an unexpected and often unpleasant discovery or turn of events (Oxford American Dictionary) I found [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER]'s definition pretty clear, including the points that apparently needed later highlighting, especially considering the fact he wrote it most likely during a busy day and didn't have opportunity to check and revise multiple times, as one would do in the usually much more involved process used for publication. And, when asked for clarification, he provided it. In a thread that is about jargon, perhaps as an example of how people can explain jargon so that others can learn it and thereby develop some common ground for further conversation? I'm pretty chuffed to have learned a new word, myself! Again, this particular conversation is about jargon as such. I would hope that includes how jargon can be shared and learned. If folks were routinely refusing to explain words when asked, that would clearly be exclusionary behavior. [/QUOTE]

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