Origin: Greek suffix -gon
Jargon has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
"The new software manual was filled with so much jargon that even experienced developers struggled to understand it."
A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
"The jeweler assured me that the sparkling stone was indeed a high-quality alternative form of jargoon, not a fake diamond."
Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”)
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
"The new intern kept muttering incoherent buzzwords during the meeting, leaving everyone else completely lost."
The word comes from the Old French term jargon, which originally meant chatter or talk. It entered English via Middle English as a variant of the word for speech.