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ethnography
— n
	the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientificdescription of individual human societies*

*"Ethnographic." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 10 Jul. 2012. <Dictionary.comhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ethnographic>.

• Jargon

— n
1.	specialized language concerned with a particular subject,culture, or profession
2.	language characterized by pretentious syntax, vocabulary, ormeaning* *"jargon." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 10 Jul. 2012. <Dictionary.comhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jargon>.

mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish," from O.Fr. jargon "achattering" (of birds), ultimately of echoic origin (cf. L. garrire "tochatter," Eng. gargle). Often applied to something the speakerdoes not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full ofunfamiliar terms" (1650s).*

*"jargon." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 10 Jul. 2012. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jargon>.

jargon definition

A special language belonging exclusively to a group, often aprofession. Engineers, lawyers, doctors, tax analysts, and the likeall use jargon to exchange complex information efficiently. Jargonis often unintelligible to those outside the group that uses it. Forexample, here is a passage from a computer manual with thejargon italicized: “The RZ887-x current loop interface  allows thecomputer to use a centronics blocked duplex protocol .”*

*"jargon." The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 10 Jul. 2012. <Dictionary.comhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jargon>.