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