jargon Definition

jargon¹
noun

1. The specialized vocabulary of a particular trade, profession, group or activity.

Thesaurus: shop talk, argot, slang, colloquialism, localism.
2. derog
Language which uses this type of vocabulary in a pretentious or meaningless way.
Thesaurus: double-speak, double-talk, bureaucratese.
3. Confusing or meaningless talk; gibberish.

Derivative: jargoneer
noun

Someone who uses jargon.

Derivative: jargonization
noun

Derivative: jargonize

To express something in jargon.

To speak jargon.

Etymology: 14c: French.

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jargon²
jargoon
noun

1. mineralogy.
A brilliant, colourless or pale zircon.