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Jargon Very Common

Origin: Greek suffix -gon

Jargon has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

"they don't speak our lingo"

2

a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

"The geologist corrected his notes, realizing he had confused the term for that specific variety of zircon when describing the gem's clarity."

3

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."

4

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."

5

Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”)

Verb
1

To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

"The new intern kept muttering incoherent buzzwords during the meeting, leaving everyone else completely lost."

Related Terms
golfspeak human readable medspeak boontling mediaspeak abracadabra incomprehensible footballese coachspeak spookspeak wonky bureaucratese diggerese psychobabble jargonize fedspeak jargonish jargonless diplomatese nerdspeak
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
non-standard speech zircon expressive style
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
street name rhyming slang doctorspeak ecobabble Eurobabble gobbledygook psychobabble technobabble

Origin

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.

Rhyming Words
gon agon egon nigon aegon bigon logon ergon argon vogon dagon angon cogon bogon tigon digon dogon wagon zygon isogon
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