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jargon

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verb

as in to chirp
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the birds who began jargoning to greet the dawn

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Recent Examples of jargon
Noun
Mayer said reducing churn — industry jargon for customer losses — is the most substantial factor in improving streaming services’ economics, even more so than gaining new subscribers or generating revenue from those customers. Ali McCadden,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 18 July 2025 There’ll be no judgment or jargon here, but real strategies to take control of your finances and build something that can change your family’s future. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 June 2025
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, 13 June 2018 See All Example Sentences for jargon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jargon
Noun
  • Security, errors, and trust dominate the risk analysis Despite the hype and muddled terminology, the core idea of AI agents—systems designed to autonomously take action to carry out specific tasks—is still generating a lot of justifiable excitement.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Educational twists are included, as Joe and the athletes explain sports terminology and lingo.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other than a slight 20-30% chance of rain along the lakefront Aug. 20, the sun will be shining and the birds chirping.
    Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • After all, the best elements of garden life can be enjoyed in a space the size of a shoe box: a whiff of lilac, a trellis along the wall, sunbeams shining your comfy lounge chair as the birds chirp….
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For decades, BCIs were limited to toy demos and small vocabularies.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There was a clear vocabulary to define consent within OneTaste, but one witness after another spoke of pressure and powerlessness.
    Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • It is written in an almost stream-of-consciousness style, rather like someone reluctantly dredging up their memories, with random thoughts interrupting the narrative, long sentences sometimes running to over a page, little punctuation, and peppered with Kobe dialect.
    Ginny Tapley Takemori September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Cajun dialect is a very particular one.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The language was tacked on in a last-minute amendment just before the legislature adjourned for the 2024 session.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Various exemptions for the requirement include having certain disabilities, having less than three years of formal English language learner instruction or receiving intensive support.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But first, the deeper history and roots of certain slang terms A number of phrases that are labeled as Gen Z lingo or internet slang today are derived from Black and drag cultures.
    Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Algorithmic social media is driving the creation of new slang at a breakneck pace.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Jargon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jargon. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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