jargon
1the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
any talk or writing that one does not understand.
language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning.
to speak in or write jargon; jargonize.
Origin of jargon
1synonym study For jargon
Other words for jargon
Other words from jargon
- jar·gon·y, jar·gon·is·tic, adjective
- jar·gon·ist, jar·gon·eer, noun
Words that may be confused with jargon
Words Nearby jargon
Other definitions for jargon (2 of 2)
a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
Origin of jargon
2- Also jar·goon [jahr-goon]. /dʒɑrˈgun/.
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Google tests multiple contextual links in featured snippets | Barry Schwartz | November 24, 2020 | Search Engine LandThere is complex or technical jargon not everyone understands.
Better conversations: The 7 essential elements of meaningful communication | matthewheimer | November 24, 2020 | FortuneThe “Seventh Sanctum,” some kind of other god that’s part woman, part machine, talks about how you need to “upgrade your gear,” and doesn’t even bother with the pleasantries of high fantasy jargon.
‘Godfall’ impressions: A solid, sometimes boring adventure | Gene Park | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostClimbing is a complicated sport, full of nuances and its own jargon.
The Press Misreported Emily Harrington's Record | Andrew Bisharat | November 10, 2020 | Outside OnlinePeople also do this in an effort to portray their highly esteemed intellect—this is when heavy jargon and polysyllabic alternatives to concise declarative expressions appear.
Become a better writer with these online tools | Harry Guinness | October 20, 2020 | Popular-Science
This is known as close air support, or CAS, in military jargon.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs fluent in drug trade jargon as Martian, Future peppers his lyrics with interstellar imagery befitting of his far out vocals.
Future Makes Us Rethink Everything We Thought We Knew About Rap Artists | Luke Hopping | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBaffled by the jargon-heavy consumer information manual, I chatted with Cheryl Luptowski from the NSF consumer affairs office.
Above all, she felt, there was a more pressing need for it than ever before, with jargon steadily taking over the world.
Will Jargon Be the Death of the English Language? | The Telegraph | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs his highly technical and jargon-laden presentation rambled on, Obama was beginning to lose patience.
Obama’s Defining Fight: How He Will Take On the NSA’s Surveillance State in 2014 | Daniel Klaidman | December 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe owe it neither to the Syriac tongue nor to the Hebrew, a jargon of the Syriac, in which adultery is called niuph.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)I'm quite out of the hunt here, however, for I can't pretend to understand the jargon of the thing.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsMadame Probasco immediately transferred the glove to her forehead, and the jargon increased in rapidity.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonWhy introduce an unintelligible jargon, when we may be understood by pronouncing a simple name?
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThey are a people within a people, differing in dress as well as in language, which is a jargon of German-Hebrew.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick Niecks
British Dictionary definitions for jargon (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdʒɑːɡən) /
specialized language concerned with a particular subject, culture, or profession
language characterized by pretentious syntax, vocabulary, or meaning
gibberish
another word for pidgin
(intr) to use or speak in jargon
Origin of jargon
1British Dictionary definitions for jargon (2 of 2)
jargoon (dʒɑːˈɡuːn)
/ (ˈdʒɑːɡɒn) /
mineralogy rare a golden yellow, smoky, or colourless variety of zircon
Origin of jargon
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for jargon
A special language belonging exclusively to a group, often a profession. Engineers, lawyers, doctors, tax analysts, and the like all use jargon to exchange complex information efficiently. Jargon is often unintelligible to those outside the group that uses it. For example, here is a passage from a computer manual with the jargon italicized: “The RZ887-x current loop interface allows the computer to use a centronics blocked duplex protocol.” (See slang.)
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