jargon

Example Sentences

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So instead she applied for loans, but she was "too embarrassed" to say that she didn't understand the financial jargon.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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

The amount of time films are available exclusively in theaters — known as “windowing” in industry jargon — has become a contentious topic of conversation in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

They had their own words for things, a jargon of obscure origin: for reasons even they had forgotten, they referred to butter as cheese; they called the grackles that perched in the treetops icklebirds.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng