Convolution
The Grasshopper must like autumn because he’s dropping messages on me like falling leaves over the past week. Yesterday during a phone conversation, he interjected, “Let’s convolute it so we can’t understand it.”
Convolution is everywhere but no more present than it is in today’s language. To my ears, folks in the corporate world and psychological community lead the pack. What the heck are they talking about?
There are more new labels coming out everyday and it’s hard to keep up. The reason it’s difficult to follow along is because hardly anyone is saying anything understandable, yet they use a bevy of buzzwords to say nothing.
Please don’t confuse this with “trade talk.” People in certain professions use words that would make no sense to someone outside the profession. Take the military for example. In the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the word “Geedunk” means candy or sweets or the place where you purchase them. “Get me some geedunk over at the geedunk.”
If you’re a Sailor or a Marine, those words have meaning.
Convolution means what you are saying means nothing to no one, including you.
Convolution is taking a simple idea and covering it over with layers and layers of paint so its original hue can’t shine through.
The essence of what you are attempting to communicate has too many layers of distortion between you and whom you want to communicate with.
I won’t trouble you with convoluted examples from the corporate or psychological community to A.) Spare them embarrassment and B.) To spare you the pain. I’m sure you have your own examples you can cite.
Bottom line: The message is getting buried in the buzz and bees are jealous.
It seems that the trend is to veer away from clear. Let’s do our part to clean up our language and start a revolution against convolution.
All the best,
John
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