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jargon

[jahr-guhn, -gon] / ˈdʒɑr gən, -gɒn /


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The language used to describe snack tins is so flowery — and muddled by hyper-wellness jargon — it’s almost nonsensical.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

It helps to learn the jargon and different concepts alongside them, which keeps the conversation open.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Among these is to remove a lower limit at which teams can recharge the cars' batteries when at full throttle - known as 'super-clipping' in F1 jargon.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The others all walked around Dragonwings while Father explained things between bites of meat dumpling, trying to convert the jargon of aeronauts into common speech.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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