I. ˈjärgən, ˈjȧg- also -ˌgän noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English jargoun, from Middle French jargon, probably of imitative origin
1. : chatter or twitter especially of a bird or animal
2.
a. : confused unintelligible language : gibberish ; specifically : jargon aphasia
b. : a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect
foreign languages were considered rude jargons
c. : a hybrid language or dialect arising from a mixture of languages that is typically much simplified in vocabulary and grammar (as Pidgin English) and is used for communication between peoples of different speech ; specifically usually capitalized : chinook jargon — compare lingua franca
3.
a. : the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of specialists or workers in a particular activity or area of knowledge ; often : a pretentious or unnecessarily obscure and esoteric terminology
b. : a special vocabulary or idiom fashionable in a particular group or clique
4. : language vague in meaning and full of circumlocutions and long high-sounding words
Synonyms: see dialect
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English jargounen, from jargoun, n.
1. : twitter , warble
the birds would begin their early-morning jargoning — Elizabeth M. Roberts
2. : jargonize