[jagged-chisel]

Or expository dialog in a movie. For example, most people have context in the real world when you say “any news on the election?” - “the election” is going to have local or national significance enough that “upcoming” is unnecessary (there would be news about the outcome, dates are known in advance, etc.) and “mayoral” might be kind of helping (I don’t mean city council or county commissioners) but I have never heard anyone use the term outside The Media. But this is exactly the kind of dialogue I expect from on-screen characters at the start of a movie or episode.

[alexpotato]

> For example, most people have context in the real world when you say “any news on the election?”

There was a quote (I thought from Hacker News but can't find it) that went something like this:

"As an engineer, I've always imagined that working in sales is something like this:

- you are on the golf course with a client

- someone says 'hey, did you guys see the game last night?'

- somehow, everyone magically knows what game you are talking about!"