jargon

noun

jar·gon | \ˈjär-gən,

-ˌgän\

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

verb

jargoned; jargoning; jargons

Definition of jargon (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

1 : jargonize

2 : twitter, warble

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Examples of jargon in a Sentence

Noun

medical jargon that the layman cannot understand an academic essay filled with jargon

Verb

the birds who began jargoning to greet the dawn

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

And that's one of the jobs of the Supreme Court is to cut through the legal jargon and go directly to the American people and say, this is what makes sense based on the decision. — Fox News, "Larry Kudlow on where the Trump economy is headed," 8 Sep. 2018 Air travel shouldn't be complicated, but like every other profession, the industry loves jargon. — Christopher Elliott, chicagotribune.com, "My airline canceled a leg of my flight, but Expedia won't refund it," 18 June 2018 The issue, in economist’s jargon, is labor force participation. — N. Gregory Mankiw, New York Times, "Why Aren’t More Men Working?," 15 June 2018 Everybody, including the kids, suddenly became expert in legal jargon; amateur attorneys sprouted in every living room and bar. — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, "‘Real-life drama’: When a senator won an Emmy for grilling witnesses at a televised hearing," 10 Apr. 2018 Headphone jargon aside, battery life is rated at 6 hours on a single charge, with 9 hours worth of extra battery waiting in the carrying case. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "Audio Technica announces its first-ever true wireless earbuds," 29 Aug. 2018 That is diplomatic jargon for getting NATO countries to spend more money on their own defense. — Carol Morello, Washington Post, "Pompeo makes debut as secretary of state," 26 Apr. 2018 When hundreds of millions of dollars are on the line, however, investors should expect transparency — not slippery & confusing language masquerading as industry jargon. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Friday, May 4," 4 May 2018 His speeches, laden with Marxist jargon and revolutionary slogans, rarely break new ground. — Mimi Whitefield And Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, "Who is Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba's handpicked president? | Miami Herald," 19 Apr. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

That’s like the same thing that happened in 2008 when everybody was bedazzled by all these Wall Street jargon terms like collateralized debt obligations. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Corey Pein, author of ‘Live Work Work Work Die,’ on Recode Decode," 13 June 2018

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