jargon
noun/ˈdʒɑːɡən/
/ˈdʒɑːrɡən/
[uncountable] (often disapproving)- words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group of people, and are difficult for others to understand
- medical/legal/computer, etc. jargon
- Try to avoid using too much technical jargon.
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1- Her emails are always couched in jargon.
- He always speaks in obscure legal jargon.
- The report seemed to be written in computer jargon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- impenetrable
- incomprehensible
- …
- piece
- speak
- speak in
- use
- …
- in jargon
- jargon for
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘twittering, chattering’, later ‘gibberish’): from Old French jargoun, of unknown origin. The main sense dates from the mid 17th cent.Definitions on the go
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