: Professionalism is not defined by use of jargon (as much as it's stereotyped to). It's about straightforward, functional, and formal language. You will occasionally see the use of an abbreviation

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Professionalism is not defined by use of jargon (as much as it's stereotyped to). It's about straightforward, functional, and formal language. You will occasionally see the use of an abbreviation that is much easier to say in place of its full form (KPI as opposed to Key Performance Indicators, etc), but a faker will pepper their entire dialogue with these things.

A genuine professional is one that uses abbreviations like normal people, but generally doesn't use slang. The quote you provided is honestly too formal and wordy for a businessman:

Mr. Chairman, I would like to be recognized to ask a question before we proceed.

I think this is too rambling to be truly professional. Sounds closer to a wannabe professional (like Patrick Bateman) instead of a true businessman. It needs to be more straightforward to sound authentic. This is how I would make it more businesslike:

Chairman, may I ask a question?

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