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• jargon — n. 1) to speak in, use jargon 2) professional, technical, trade jargon * * * [ dʒɑːgən] technical trade jargon use jargon professional to speak in …   Combinatory dictionary

• jargon — 1. history of the term. The OED gives several meanings for jargon, all except one mostly derogatory in connotation. The prevailing current senses of the word are (1) ‘words or expressions used by a particular group or profession’, and (2)… …   Modern English usage

• Jargon — For Wikipedia jargon, see Wikipedia:Glossary. For the gemstone, see Jargoon. For prelinguistic children s speech (jargon stage), see babbling. Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession,… …   Wikipedia

• jargon — jargon1 jargony, jargonistic, adj. jargonist, jargoneer, n. /jahr geuhn, gon/, n. 1. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. 2. unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing;… …   Universalium

• jargon — I. /ˈdʒagən / (say jahguhn) noun 1. the language peculiar to a trade, profession, or other group: medical jargon. 2. pretentious language characterised by the use of uncommon or unfamiliar words. 3. unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing;… …  

• jargon — jar•gon [[t]ˈdʒɑr gən, gɒn[/t]] n. 1) ling. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon[/ex] 2) unintelligible talk or writing; gibberish; babble 3) ling. pidgin 4) ling. language that… …   From formal English to slang

• jargon — Synonyms and related words: Aesopian language, Babel, Beach la mar, Greek, Kitchen Kaffir, Oregon Jargon, Sabir, abracadabra, absurdity, amphigory, argot, auxiliary language, babble, babblement, balderdash, bavardage, bibble babble, blabber,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• jargon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lingo, shoptalk, patois, cant, argot, jive (sl.); double talk; gibberish. See concealment, unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Unintelligible, trite, or pretentious speech] Syn. gibberish, mumbo… …   English dictionary for students

• trade — n a sexual partner or partners, particularly a paying customer of a prostitute. A generic term for custom or customers in the jargon of male and female streetwalk ers, the word has sometimes been extended in the gay lexicon since the late 1960s… …   Contemporary slang

• jargon — / dʒɑ:gən/ noun a special sort of language used by a trade or profession or particular group of people …   Marketing dictionary in english

• Mobilian Jargon — Mobilian Spoken in Gulf coast and Mississippi Valley Extinct active through 1960s Language family pidgin, Muskogean based Language codes …   Wikipedia