Academic vernacular, what is it?
I don't understand this two words if they stand together.
If somebody need context, you can look through:
http://www.ted.com/talks/rajiv_maheswaran_the_math_behind_basketball_s_wildest_moves/transcript?language=en#t-247149
at 4-18...4-20
Thanks

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Hi  Andrew, 
"vernacular" means the speech used by a certain group of people. For example 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernacular
So "academic vernacular" means the language used by the specific academic group that is being discussed.IT might be scientists, geographers, anthropologists or any group of academics who discuss a certain subject.They have their own words and meanings that may be hard for an outsider to understand.