n.
An email program filter that has been configured to automatically delete incoming messages that contain certain jargon terms or buzzwords.
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"After more than six months of research on the words most hated by the media and those most commonly mis-used without definition or elaboration in technology company news releases, the Gable Group has launched jargonfreeweb.com to promote clarity in PR and provide a quick tool — the Jargonator — for measuring the jargon content of copy.
'The daily deluge is so bad many media have created bozo and jargon filters on their e-mail to automatically delete messages that contain words such as 'solutions, first, leading, cutting-edge, best, first mover, state-of-the-art, and end-to-end,'" said Gable.
—Jerry Walker, "Website Spots Bad Releases," Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter, December 20, 2000
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