Comments on: Academic Buzzwords http://truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim Chen http://truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/#comment-7312 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/#comment-7312 Worse than “incentivize” is its appalling short form, “incent.” It hurts to type that, even by way of reporting the atrocity.

I also nominate “empirics.” If you mean empirical data, empirical analysis, or empiricism, then say so. These are distinct concepts, and the shortcut so many law professors use actually has a different meaning. “Empiric” = “medical quack.”

I’ve written more on this topic at http://jurisdynamics.blogspot.com/2006/10/getting-catty-about-legal-language.html.

]]> By: Thom http://truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/#comment-7311 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:56:52 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/#comment-7311 Incentivize. Whatever happened to “motivate”?

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