You heard that is insightful. Have you encountered these examples of jargon ? Probably not because jargon is organization-, task-, or industry-specific.
The government frequently uses terms such as revenue enhancement for tax increases and organizations use selective cutbacks to mean firings. The Department of Defense seems to be especially adept at using jargon to alter meaning. A hammeris called “ a manually powered fastener driving impact device,” a steel nut is a “hexiform rotatable surface compression unit,” and a tent is a “frame supported tension structure” (Marklein, 1987, p. D1) During military operations, civilian casualties become collateral damage, killing selected targets is neutralizing and bombat activities are peacekeeping. When discussing the Challenger tragedy, NASA called it an "anomaly," the astronauts bodies "recovered components," and their coffins "crew transfer containers." An Air Force Cruise missile "terminated 5 minute earlier than planned" becuase it "impacted with the ground prematurely."