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jargon

[jahr-guhn, -gon] / ˈdʒɑr gən, -gɒn /
NOUN
specialized language; dialect
Synonyms
STRONGEST
argot idiom lingo parlance patois slang vernacular vocabulary
STRONG
abracadabra balderdash banality bombast bunk buzzwords cant colloquialism doublespeak drivel fustian gibberish insipidity lexicon neologism newspeak nonsense palaver patter rigmarole slanguage speech tongue twaddle usage
WEAK
cliché commonplace term hackneyed term mumbo jumbo overused term shoptalk stale language street talk trite language
Antonyms
STRONGEST
standard
STRONG
quiet sense silence

Example Sentences

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Brundage was fluent in the memes, jokes and technical jargon popular with young gamers and hackers who are extremely online.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He repeated the tests many times, altering the phrases to include words drawn from categories such as bodily references, film noir-style atmosphere and technical jargon.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The bot and the baby know nothing of the world it describes, besides a handful of overused jargon that, like anything, loses its meaning if repeated enough times.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

When flat out, a maximum of 250kw, in what is known in F1 jargon as 'super-clipping'.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

I drowned in the flood of technical jargon.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.