jargon
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noun \ˈjär-gən, -ˌgän\Definition of JARGON
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a : confused unintelligible language b : a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect c : a hybrid language or dialect simplified in vocabulary and grammar and used for communication between peoples of different speech
2
: the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
3
: obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words
— jar·gony \-gə-nē, -ˌgä-nē\ adjective
See Examples of JARGON
- medical jargon that the layman cannot understand
- an academic essay filled with jargon
Origin of JARGON
Middle English, from Anglo-French jargun, gargon
First Known Use: 14th century
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intransitive verbDefinition of JARGON
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Examples of JARGON
- <the birds who began jargoning to greet the dawn>
First Known Use of JARGON
14th century
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jar·gon
noun \ˈjär-gən, -ˌgän\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of JARGON
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: the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity, group, profession, or field of study <medical jargon>
2
: unintelligible, meaningless, or incoherent speech (as that associated with Wernicke's aphasia or some forms of schizophrenia)
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