John's Jargon Generator for Information & Library Scientists JavaScript provided by DHTML Diva Leslie Lee; stolen from dack.com's WEBG

Instructions: 1. Click the 'Make Jargon' button. 2. Watch jargon appear in the box. 3. Repeat to taste (use your Enter/Return key).

verbs adjectives nouns abstract aggregate architect analyze archive benchmark deliver deploy design disambiguate document enable engineer evolve extend facilitate generate harvest implement index initiate integrate interface iterate matrix maximize mesh model network normalize optimize quantify query retrieve scale synthesize transform transition visualize webify AI author-generated back-end bayesian collaborative computer-assisted cross-platform development digital distributed document dynamic emerging entity-relationship extensible granular heterogenous human-computer informatics integrated interactive interface internet intranet intuitive machine learning MARC normalized online open-source probabilistic real-time relational relevance feedback relevant robust scalable seamless semantic strategic system ubiquitous usable user-centric virtual web web-enabled abstractions analysis applications architectures arrays artificial intelligence archives communities content cooperative work corpora designs documents frameworks functionalities indexes infrastructures information interfaces intranets metadata methodologies metrics models networks objects ontologies paradigms platforms portals precision preservation protocols queries recall relationships relevance resources schemas solutions SQL strategies sublanguages systems taxonomies technologies thesauri users

Some of my favorite examples: Some of these actually sound plausible: "implement integrated systems"; "deliver relevance feedback applications"; "engineer bayesian networks". Some sound a little too jargony: "visualize scalable precision", "evolve MARC architectures". Some don't make too much sense, period: "disambiguate cross-platform platforms"; "architect relevant relevance". And some sound all too much like dot-com lingo: "deploy strategic methodologies"; "mesh extensible sublanguages". There are a few I'd like to try to sneak past JASIST reviewers: "webify open-source corpora"; "benchmark bayesian artificial intelligence"; "deploy probabilistic abstractions" (as opposed to random abstractions). Something IS departments everywhere would like to do: "engineer robust users". Something users everywhere would like IS departments to do: "implement intuitive systems".