46 points
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6 points
LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn’t say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
-6 points
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say “blood pressure monitor” – unless you’re in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don’t do or their friends don’t do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don’t want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
2 points
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