Jargon Definition

järgən
jargons
noun
jargons
Incoherent speech; gibberish.
Webster's New World
A language or dialect unknown to one so that it seems incomprehensible or outlandish.
Webster's New World
The specialized vocabulary and idioms of those in the same work, profession, etc., as of sportswriters or social workers.
Webster's New World
A mixed or hybrid language or dialect; esp., pidgin.
Webster's New World
Speech or writing full of long, unfamiliar, or roundabout words or phrases.
Webster's New World
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verb

Jargonize.

Webster's New World
To speak in or use jargon.
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Other Word Forms of Jargon

Noun

Singular:
jargon
Plural:
jargons

Origin of Jargon

  • French, from Italian giargone, from Persian زر گون (zar gun, “gold-colored”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English jargoun from Old French jargon probably of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French jargon (“chatter, talk, language”)

    From Wiktionary

Jargon Sentence Examples

  • We also believe in not using marketing jargon or spiel.

  • First spend 20 minutes talking loudly to him in incomprehensible jargon.

  • Often people do not make a will because they are confused by the lengthy legal jargon.

  • Click on the links below to decipher the jargon you are likely to come across when you take out a mortgage.

  • To a reader not acquainted with the peculiar nature of the man, which led him to regard what commended itself to him as therefore objectively true, they must be, moreover, entirely unintelligible and, from their peculiar, pietistic tone and scriptural jargon, probably offensive.

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Words Starting With

JJAJAR

Words Ending With

NONGON

Unscrambles

jargon

Words Starting With J and Ending With N

Starts With J & Ends With NStarts With JA & Ends With NStarts With J & Ends With ON

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With J6 Letter Words Ending With N