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jar·gon
I. \ˈjärgən, ˈjȧg- also -ˌgän\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English jargoun, from Middle French jargon, probably of imitative origin
1. : chatter or twitter especially of a bird or animal
2.
a. : confused unintelligible language : gibberish; specifically : jargon aphasia
b. : a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect
< foreign languages were considered rude jargons >
c. : a hybrid language or dialect arising from a mixture of languages that is typically much simplified in vocabulary and grammar (as Pidgin English) and is used for communication between peoples of different speech; specifically usually capitalized : chinook jargon — compare lingua franca
3.
a. : the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of specialists or workers in a particular activity or area of knowledge; often : a pretentious or unnecessarily obscure and esoteric terminology
b. : a special vocabulary or idiom fashionable in a particular group or clique
4. : language vague in meaning and full of circumlocutions and long high-sounding words
Synonyms: see dialect
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English jargounen, from jargoun, n.
1. : twitter, warble
< the birds would begin their early-morning jargoning — Elizabeth M. Roberts >
2. : jargonize |