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Bill, I sympathise with your dislike of jargon but only in its second meaning of "pretentious language" . But it is difficult to see how a group such as this can avoid using jargon in its first meaning of "specialised language concerned with a particular subject, profession or group." Take the word dyskinesia for example. In the specialised language of the subject of PD it means "involuntary movement caused by an excess of (usually, but not exclusively) levodopa" as opposed to simply "involuntary movement" (which definition could include tremor and even being thrown about in an earthquake). Jargon is not only impossible to avoid it is actually an aid to being specific when used knowledgeably. Of course that puts the onus on all of us to only use it when we know what it means and to find out what it means if we want to understand what others are saying. I make no claim personally to a perfect record in this regard and I suspect few of us can, but that's not grounds for banning jargon. No-one is suggesting we scrap the traffic laws because we all occasionally break the speed limit. Dennis.