term of art
Professional insider language
A term of art is a word or phrase with a specific technical meaning within a particular field, distinct from its ordinary usage.
Legal writing is full of terms of art: consideration, estoppel, standing.
What sounds like everyday English may carry precise implications that only practitioners fully understand.
The phrase itself has become a term of art for "specialized jargon."
- lingoGroup-specific vocabulary
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- forensic linguisticsLanguage analysis for courts
- idiomFixed phrase, opaque meaning
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term of arteveryday language
Ordinary spoken communication
common parlance · layman's terms · plain language · vernacular · plain English
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