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jargon

[jahr-guhn, -gon] / ˈdʒɑr gən, -gɒn /


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A study of more than 57,000 iPhone users that Apple conducted with the University of Michigan confirms a correlation between hearing loss and slower walking speeds, writes Julie Jargon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Jargon, he noticed, can be imbued with pseudo-religious significance.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

Jargon was the enemy, but graduate students dreaming of tenure would have to search elsewhere at the university not to be shut out of the discourse, a word he no doubt would have found lazy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Jargon can be hard to understand, but even worse are familiar terms that in a scientific context have entirely different meanings.

From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2023

Downey tried them with the Blackfoot tongue, and the Jargon, while old Molaire and Tom Shirts added half a dozen dialects from nearer the Bay.

From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)




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