Jar"gon (?), n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.]
Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.
"A barbarous
jargon."
Macaulay. "All
jargon of the schools."
Prior.
The jargon which serves the traffickers.
Johnson.
<-- an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, as acronyms, used by specialists -->
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Jar"gon (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargon (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning.]
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
The noisy jay,
Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.
Longfellow.
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Jar"gon, n. [E.jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zargn gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.] Min.
A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
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