Phrasebook: Questions about "Jargon"
I am really enjoying the new Phrasebook section of this site. It seems that I'll be in the middle of a conversation with someone and suddenly feel the need to write down an idiom or colloquialism that they have just said. It is amazing how often these phrases, words and expressions are woven into our lives.
As I have come to understand the purpose and instructions for this feature, I have a question about "technical jargon". I'm not sure if anyone realizes this, but there are so many different topics listed. I would love to start adding words and expressions for areas that I am familiar with, including music, medicine, audio, etc. But I am still a bit unclear about this section.
Here is a description of the word Jargon:
Jargon: a technical phrase from a particular profession.
Do all entries have to be "phrases" or several words together? Could their be single word entries?
Also, once these categories begin to fill up, will they be separated for easy reference, etc? I would love to just start adding words I am familiar with, but I would appreciate it if one of the Phrasebook administrators could give direction on the best way to add "jargon". 
Muchas gracias
5 Answers
I concur. This feature is just what i have been waiting for. These phrases are the parts I am most interested in learning. It's also another reason to use this site over wordreference hahaha.
That is a good question Nichole and I believe it should be open to single words or whatever. There are tools in my trade that are simple words but no one but a plasterer would understand the meaning. Example: hawk- you would think a bird but to a tradesman it is the "thingy" on which we hold the mud(jargon for plaster). Let's see what our 3 new moderators have to say.
Yes I agree. I have been amazed at how many phrases , idioms , colloquial expressions ,and jargon that I have . It is as if I speak using these more than I realised. Although there are many that I could not use because they are a little of a less than delicate nature. In fact they are pretty raw and close to the bone,we use phrases here that I have seen many Americans blanche at , yet you would see them in print or on the Television repeatedly, The language of the average Australian is extremely colorfull , the color being mainly red. 
And thank you for the opportunity to enter these phrases it has been a" hoot"
Yessero said this the other day:
There are tools in my trade that are simple words but no one but a plasterer would understand the meaning.
This is exactly what I meant. These sorts of words would also be much easier to explain and might take less time to be published.
I'm still curious about the term "jargon" and how we are going to use it here
Any thoughts 
