This week’s jargon crime is around the use of the word "humanitarian". This word is used and abused in so many ways, some of which I’ve mentioned in other posts, that I fully intend to come back to it in future editions of Jargon Crimes. But for today, a new departure: the jargon picture crime.
This a regular(ish) feature on the blog where I take a semi-serious tour through some of the amazing jargon that our industry creates.
This week’s jargon crime is around the use of the word "humanitarian". This word is used and abused in so many ways, some of which I’ve mentioned in other posts, that I fully intend to come back to it in future editions of Jargon Crimes. But for today, a new departure: the jargon picture crime.
This came across my twitter feed yesterday, advertising the Humanitarian Response Intensive Course at Harvard: