Critical Response Journal #3

Insider Language

After reviewing chapter 2 in Freakonomics, explain how the choice of terms a real estate agent uses to describe a particular property conveys additional information about the property and, hence, the price a potential buyer might be able to successfully offer the seller. How or where, in what other contexts, have you experienced insider terminology; for example, is there terminology specific to PickaProf? Facebook? MySpace? Ebay? craigslist? Texas A&M? Why do people use "insider" language? What value does it add to the rhetorical situation?