technical vocabulary
121snow\ job — noun slang informal 1. Insincere or exaggerated talk designed to gain the favors of someone. Joe gave Sue a snow job and she believed every word of it. 2. The skillful display of technical vocabulary and prestige terminology in order to pass… …
122computerese — n. computer jargon, specialized technical vocabulary used in the computer industry by computer technologists …
123snow job — 1) insincere or exaggerated talk designed to gain the favors of someone His presentation at the interview was a total snow job. 2) use technical vocabulary to seem like an expert in a field The salesman gave us a snow job when he started to talk… …
124formal — adjective 1》 done in accordance with rules of convention or etiquette. ↘having a conventionally recognized form, structure, or set of rules: he had little formal education. ↘of or denoting a style of writing or public speaking… …
125shoptalk — [shäp′tôk΄] n. 1. the specialized or technical vocabulary and idioms of those in the same work, profession, etc.: see SLANG1 2. conversation about one s work or business, esp. after hours …
126em|bar|rass — «ehm BAR uhs», transitive verb. 1. to make uneasy and ashamed; make self conscious; fluster: »She embarrassed me by asking me if I really liked her. SYNONYM(S): discomfit, disconcert, abash. See syn. under confuse. (Cf. ↑confuse) 2. to involve in …
127Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
128language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… …
