jargon

Speech parts

1. jargon - Noun

2. jargon - Verb

Meaning

Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.

A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cant vernacular argot slang patois lingo creole bosh americanism abracadabra jabber patter hocus-pocus newspeak language

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Antonyms

standard fact formal hearing conversation rhetoric

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Hypernyms

style zircon expressive style non-standard speech zirconium silicate

Hyponyms

rhyming slang gobbledygook psychobabble technobabble doctorspeak ecobabble

Phrases with the word

early roman jargon criminal jargon jargon apasia cockney jargon computer jargon fake jargon

Derivatives

jargoned jargoning

Examples

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. Kingman Brewster, Jr.

The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought. André Maurois

The sounding jargon of the schools. William Cowper

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. Martin H. Fischer

Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved for specialists. Pierre Hadot

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean. Theodor Adorno

Close letter words and terms

jarful jarg jargle jargon apasia jargon aphasia jargon-filled english