2025/03/31 by Anne E. Blackwell, Anne E Blackwell, David L Moutard +5 · 4 voices
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Medicine · #Academic Writing and Publishing #Authorship Attribution and Profiling #Medical and Biological Sciences #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2504.00073
openalex publication_date 2025/03/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The field of astronomy evolves rapidly, and it is essential to keep up with these changes in order to effectively communicate with the broader community. However, communication itself also changes as new words, phrases, and slang terms enter the common vernacular. This is especially true for the current youngest generations, who are capable of efficiently communicating via the Internet. In order to maintain effective communication, we explore the possibility of expanding the language used in scientific communication to include recently coined slang. This attempt at outreach, while potentially very difficult, could provide a means to expand the field and capture the attention of early-career scientists, improving retention within the field. However, our results indicate that, while possible, this method of communication is, like, probably not really worth it, no cap.