Found 2 items, similar to Jargon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jargon jargon n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); “they don't speak our lingo” [syn: cant, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular] 2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn: jargoon] 3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
English → English (gcide) Definition: Jargon Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [E. jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zarg[=u]n gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.] (Min.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon. [1913 Webster] Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.] 1. Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish. “A barbarous jargon.” --Macaulay. “All jargon of the schools.” --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. Especially, an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, such as acronyms, used by specialists. “All jargon of the schools.” --Prior. [1913 Webster] The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Jargon \Jar"gon\ (j[aum]r"g[o^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargoned (-g[o^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning.] To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner. [1913 Webster] The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]