Title :
An essay on misused words: Sophisticated and elegant
Author_Institution :
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
A trendy comment, intended to be a put-down, is to label someone´s idea, model, or theory as `unsophisticated´. Recourse to a standard dictionary shows that `unsophisticated´ is not a bad thing to be, and that `elegance´ is also desirable.
Keywords :
technical presentation; misused words; technical presentation;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPC.1979.6501744
