JARGON


Meaning of JARGON in English

I. ˈjär-gən, -ˌgän noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French jargun, gargon

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : confused unintelligible language

b. : a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect

c. : a hybrid language or dialect simplified in vocabulary and grammar and used for communication between peoples of different speech

2. : the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group

3. : obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words

• jar·gony -gə-nē, -ˌgä-nē adjective

II. intransitive verb

Date: 14th century

1. : twitter , warble

2. : jargonize

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.