jargon

noun

(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

(countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.

(uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”). [A variety of zircon.]

verb

To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

Roots

jargonjargon- · Old French · twittering/chattering of birds

Synonyms for jargon

lingon jargonizev argotn slangn vernacularn parlancen patoisn gobbledygookn galimatias gibberishn phraseologyn cantn lexiconn vocabularyn babblen claptrapn

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