jargon
Meaning
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- A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- A language characteristic of a particular group.
- Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
Synonyms
secret language
professional jargon
technical language
unintelligible language
incoherent language
talking nonsense
“all Greek to me”
Frequency
Hyphenated as
jar‧gon
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).
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