Definition of jargon
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
sports jargon
2 : obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words
an academic essay filled with jargon
3a : 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
jargon
verbjargoned; jargoning; jargons
Definition of jargon (Entry 2 of 2)
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The first known use of jargon was in the 14th century
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