Difference between revisions of "Terminology"
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| + | * collision free | ||
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'''Avoid terminology collisions!! Instead seek white spaces on the terminology map.'''<br> | '''Avoid terminology collisions!! Instead seek white spaces on the terminology map.'''<br> | ||
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* mental dissonance causing, baffling on first sight – e.g. transparent aluminum | * mental dissonance causing, baffling on first sight – e.g. transparent aluminum | ||
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* spellable (by target audience) – avoid a slew of consecutive consonants - no "qtpfsgui" | * spellable (by target audience) – avoid a slew of consecutive consonants - no "qtpfsgui" | ||
| − | * brief | + | * brief – (the less spellable the briefer it needs to be) |
'''Seek humorous terminology!''' | '''Seek humorous terminology!''' | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 30 August 2022
Related
- Terminology for parts
- APM related terms
- Analogies and their dangers
- Misleading biological analogies that should be avoided
- Terminology annexation
Delineation to nomenclature
- Terminology … about single words
- Nomenclature … systematic naming schemes (like naming molecules, or sets of similar engineering parts)
What makes great terminology
The four tl;dr to remember:
- collision free
- unannexable
- baffling
- memorizable
Avoid terminology collisions!! Instead seek white spaces on the terminology map.
- collision/conflict-free
- novel/unique
Major search engine conjures or no results. Or few that cover a highly unrelated topics.
Avoid competition with existing terminology especially for topics similar in nature
Seek unannexable terminology that can hardly be stolen away.
- descriptive – Putting sufficiently descriptive elements into the term can
make it hard to impossible for competing concepts adopt the same terms, and thus they cannot drown out search results.
Strongly avoid to use things as generic as "nano" as prefix.
Seek catchy terminology!
But what does that even mean?
catchy = clickbaity + memorizable
Seek strongly curiosity-sparking terminology, clickbaity terminology.
- mental dissonance causing, baffling on first sight – e.g. transparent aluminum
Seek memorizable (and communicable) terminology!
- spellable (by target audience) – avoid a slew of consecutive consonants - no "qtpfsgui"
- brief – (the less spellable the briefer it needs to be)
Seek humorous terminology!
- humorous, good-kind-of-odd
Example
gem-gum-tec
- collisionfree & novel – yes, till 2022 at least
- descriptive – yes see: Gem-gum
- baffling – yes, Hopefully achieved aim is to sparking the question:
How the heck can gum (rubber) be made from gem (gemstone)?
Resolved in the expanded terminology "gemstone metamaterial technology" - spellable – yes, no consecutive consonants
- brief – yes, obviously
- humorous – maybe? gem-gum sounds a bit funny/silly – reader may judge
