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- From: aragorn@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Steven J.)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.tech
- Subject: Re: Cyberpunk Movement
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 18:56:39 GMT
- Organization: Jobs With Peace at UWM
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- brenckle@scsuc.ctstateu.edu (BRENCKLE,NICHOLAS) writes:
- :
- : As for 'buzzwords', they exist in almost every 'culture', for lack of a
- : better word. No matter what job you take, or hobby you pick up, you
- : will learn hundreds of 'buzzwords' and new jargon galore. Why? I'm not
- : really sure but this is hardly new or central to the cyberpunk movement.
-
- This is a simple social phenomenon. People want their own group to be
- special and this is accomplished by developing a lingo that is, more often
- then not, not understood by those not in the group. A good example that
- springs to mind is the GM. Most people in the world would think it means
- General Motors when many people realize that it means game master. This is
- obviously a more functional use of lingo but there are others which are not
- as functional as far as having a cross-societal connection.
-
-
- ______________________________________________________
- Steve J. White
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