jargon
/ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
Example Sentences
- "He used technical jargon but I managed to catch the drift of his argument."
- "Sometimes it pays to overcomplicate your simple messages. Make a list of ten-dollar words, scientific terms, and obscure niblets of jargon and find ways to use them. Your reputation and authority will soar."
- "That’s one of the biggest hurdles of managing a router and your network security in general, it’s a massive chore that is fraught with technical jargon, hurdles and screens saying ‘no’, ‘invalid’ or ‘not available’."
- "They [the Normans] abandoned their native speech, and adopted the French tongue, in which Latin was the predominant element. They speedily raised their new language to a dignity and importance which it had never before possessed. They found it a barbarous jargon; they fixed it in writing; and they employed it in legislation, in poetry, and in romance."
- "In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate."
- "Cut the jargon and get to your point."
Etymology
From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: jargoun
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/
- British English: /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
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Frequently Paired Words
nonsense
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