In fact, most British people who use baseball expressions don't understand what they are saying themselves. Euphemisms enable people to escape from emotion and detach themselves from the moral content of what they do. It might be good for their conscience but it doesn't amount to a positive spin. To most people in the outside world, it sounds like bullshit. Obfuscation - Making what we are saying sound more difficult or complicated than it really is.
Pretentious language is a tool people use to raise their status.
Effective language, on the other hand, is inclusive - it is clear, concise and comprehensible. Solidarity - Using language as a kind of masonic ritual between different members of the same profession. Although intended to help create a sense of belonging within a profession, it offers evidence only of insecurity, of jargon being used as a crutch or a comfort blanket. People who are confident in their professional skills, on the other hand, are perfectly comfortable with plain language. Officialese - Some people feel that profound subjects or important documents call for that pompous style favoured by lawyers, civil servants and local government officials.