Will CoxCould we please stop using the word “interrogate” in contexts that do not involve the police?
christian crumlish@cwcoxjr why
@xian because it is jargon, and too frequently used less to mean “a methodical analysis questioning the underlying assumptions of the idea or text,” than as a highfalutin synonym for “writes about.”
@cwcoxjr i haven’t run into this outside of academia where it seems to be used on point. is this a journalistic or techie tic?
which speech community does this?
also, is jargon inherently bad?
@xian no, jargon isn’t necessarily bad. Jargons are very useful in their particular contexts, but not in general usage. This usage seems to be indicative of the particular background of the author and something of a class signifier in American and English journalism.
@cwcoxjr aha so “journalism” was the unspoken context of your original critique