Jargon

//ˈdʒɑː.ɡən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A technical terminology unique to a particular subject. uncountable

    "That’s one of the biggest hurdles of managing a router and your network security in general, it’s a massive chore that is fraught with technical jargon, hurdles and screens saying ‘no’, ‘invalid’ or ‘not available’."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject wordnet
  4. 4
    A language characteristic of a particular group. countable

    "They [the Normans] abandoned their native speech, and adopted the French tongue, in which Latin was the predominant element. They speedily raised their new language to a dignity and importance which it had never before possessed. They found it a barbarous jargon; they fixed it in writing; and they employed it in legislation, in poetry, and in romance."

  5. 5
    a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) wordnet
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  1. 6
    Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish. uncountable
  2. 7
    a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

    "Human ill-nature needs but some Homoiousian iota, or even the pretence of one; and will flow copiously through the eye of a needle: thus always must mortals go jargoning and fuming […]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

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