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Definition of: jargon

(järgən) noun
1. Confused, unintelligible speech; gibberish.
2. Any language thought to be meaningless or excessively confused.
3. The technical or specialized language characteristic of a particular sect, profession, or similarly restrictive group; cant; lingo: the jargon of the law courts.
4. A mixture of two or more dissimilar languages, often used as a lingua franca, as the Chinook jargon; pidgin. See synonyms under SLANG.
v.i. To talk in jargon; gabble.
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Definition of: jargon

(järgon) noun
A transparent, adamantine, colorless, yellowish, leaf–green, or smoky zircon found in Ceylon. Also jar·goon′ (-goomacrn). [<F, ult. <Persian zargūn gold–colored]

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