jargon

jar·gon  (järgn)

n.

1. Nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk.

2. A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin.

3. The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group. See Synonyms at dialect.

4. Speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing, and vague meaning.

intr.v. jar·goned, jar·gon·ing, jar·gons

To speak in or use jargon.

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[Middle English jargoun, from Old French jargon, probably of imitative origin.]

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jargon·ist, jargon·eer n.

jargon·istic adj.

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jargon

Noun

1. specialized language relating to a particular subject, profession, or group

2. pretentious or unintelligible language [Old French]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jargon - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" argot, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant bite - a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" swiz - British slang for a swindle heist, rip-off - the act of stealing shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) power trip - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, shag, screw - slang for sexual intercourse blowjob, cock sucking - slang for fellatio hand job, jacking off, jerking off, wank - slang for masturbation dekko - British slang for a look square-bashing - drill on a barracks square shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" caff - informal British term for a cafe deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs gat, rod - a gangster's pistol Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" dreck, schlock, shlock - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior cert - an absolute certainty; "it's a dead cert" legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs" soup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustache arsehole, bunghole, arse, asshole - vulgar slang for anus bay window, potbelly, tummy, corporation, pot - slang for a paunch niff, pong - an unpleasant smell street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin" corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing skin flick - a pornographic movie dibs - a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza" non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community rhyming slang - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang" bun-fight, bunfight - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion burnup - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road nosh-up - a large satisfying meal hood - (slang) a neighborhood 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood paleface - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man slant-eye, gook - (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War) Injun, red man, Redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans hymie, kike, sheeny, yid - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
	2.	jargon - a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon jargoon zircon, zirconium silicate - a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
	3.	jargon - specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" doctorspeak - medical jargon ecobabble - using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware Eurobabble - the jargon of European community documents and regulations gobbledygook - incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists psychobabble - using language loaded with psychological terminology technobabble - technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects

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jargon

noun parlance, slang, idiom, patter, tongue, usage, dialect, cant, lingo (informal) patois, argot

Translations

jargon [ˈdʒɑːgən] n → jerga

jargon [ˈdʒɑːgən] n → jargon m

jargon [ˈdʒɑːgən] n → Jargon m

jargon [ˈdʒɑːgən] n → gergo

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jargon

n jargon [ˈdʒaːgən]

special words or phrases used within a group, trade or profession etc legal jargon; medical jargon; Thieves use a special jargon in order to confuse passing hearers. brabbeltaal, koeterwaals, kombuistaal, wartaal, Potjieslatyn; jargon, brabbel لُغَه خاصَّه жаргон slang; hantýrka jargon; fagsprog der Jargon φρασεολογία, επαγγελματική διάλεκτος jerga erikeel زبان فنی؛ زبان حرفه ای erikoiskieli jargon זָ'רגוֹן מִקצוֹעִי विशिष्ट शब्दावली žargon csoportnyelv, tolvajnyelv, szaknyelv, zsargon istilah khusus sérmál gergo 専門語 특수용어 žargonas žargons jargon jargon sjargong żargon calão jar­gon жаргон žargón, odborný slang žargon žargon jargong ภาษาเฉพาะกลุ่ม özel dil, cargon 行話 жаргон کسی خاص طبقے یا پیشے کی مخصوص اصطلاح biệt ngữ; tiếng lóng 行话