Jargon

[jarĀ·gon]

Jargon usually means the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession. Internet advertising jargon includes the terms "click throughs" and "page views."

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Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

Noun
specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

Noun
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don''t speak our lingo"

Noun
a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon


n.
Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

v. i.
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.

n.
A variety of zircon. See Zircon.


Jargon

Jar"gon , n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.] Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. "A barbarous jargon." Macaulay. "All jargon of the schools." Prior.
The jargon which serves the traffickers.

Jargon

Jar"gon , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargon ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning.] To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.

Jargon

Jar"gon, n. [E.jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zargn gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.] A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.

A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

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Usage Examples

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art.

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