When it comes to medical jargon, where’s my secret decoder ring?

When it comes to medical jargon, where’s my secret decoder ring?

I see a lot of jargon in my line of work. A big part of my job is helping reporters translate it into something our audience will understand. Sometimes I look at a news release and struggle to figure out what story the public relations rep is pitching. Or an unfamiliar word or phrase might stop me cold. This week’s phrase was “opportunistic sand.” It was in a reporter’s pitch for a story about a sand replenishment project at a local beach. I und…