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sionnach commented on the word nerdview
In the context of explaining technical concepts to non-experts, a failure to take proper account of the reader's viewpoint, instead writing as if the target audience shared the specialist (nerdy) view of the writer.
(probably the major contributing factor to useless, unintelligible user manuals)
Geoffrey K. Pullum discusses it here over at language log.
October 26, 2008
slumry commented on the word nerdview
A coinage of the linguists at languagelog The state of mind of people who use jargon of their trade, oblivious to the fact that the people to whom they speak do not share that jargon. It seems to be a failure of Theory of Mind.
May 7, 2015