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Adeptus | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Most of the time, yes.

The exception is for concepts that strain the limits of language.
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AbstractEquilibrium | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 If the prevailing lexicon doesn't support the vocabulary of your idea...good fucking luck communicating it effectively in one shot!  You'll need to build analogies.  Coherent & complete ones.  Lots of them.  It's frankly wasteful not to compile them together.