Behavior toward unfamiliar words

hmori: Technicians use technical terms, but if they hear a term they don’t know, they always demand an explanation. That’s not harassment. Please don’t be offended.

• It seems that there are A’s who ask for explanations for technical terms they don’t know and B’s who get angry when asked for explanations.
• When A uses his terminology, he assumes that B will ask questions if he doesn’t understand it, and if there are no questions, he interprets that he understands.
• B uses a word he doesn’t understand, interprets it to mean “don’t ask for details,” doesn’t ask questions, and uses it himself.
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