JARGON

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French jargun, gargon Date: 14th century 1. confused unintelligible language, a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect, a hybrid language or dialect simplified in vocabulary and grammar and used for communication between peoples of different speech, the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group, obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words, ~y adjective II. intransitive verb Date: 14th century twitter , warble , ~ize