Comments on: Academic Buzzwords http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:39:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim Chen http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/comment-page-1/#comment-143904 Jim Chen Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/#comment-143904 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. 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://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/comment-page-1/#comment-143903 Thom Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:56:52 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/06/26/academic-buzzwords/#comment-143903 Incentivize. Whatever happened to "motivate"? Incentivize. Whatever happened to “motivate”?

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