Artifact, blown out, bracketing, chimping, fast aperture, glass. The list goes on and on, many photographers know the terms, but some, especially new photographers do not. As one who has taught beginners, the terms are sometimes confusing and cryptic.
Some of the terminologies are valid, some not so much. Some of the lingo, to me, is rubbish and often meant to an attempt to separate those “in the know” from newbies. Social media and texting haven’t made it easier and have amplified the problem. There are times I have to look up acronym because I have no clue what it means.
Why do we do this? Is it an attempt to make us appear to be smarter? I can understand certain acronyms and terminology when talking amongst peers. It’s easier to say NASA rather than National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but is it really that much easier to say ACR rather than Adobe Camera RAW?
Photographer Clay 
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