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jargon

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"Specialized lingo"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/Part of speech nounSorted agjnorStarts with JEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

Word origin

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

Used in a sentence

  • Sometimes it pays to overcomplicate your simple messages. Make a list of ten-dollar words, scientific terms, and obscure niblets of jargon and find ways to use them. Your reputation and authority will soar.
  • That’s one of the biggest hurdles of managing a router and your network security in general, it’s a massive chore that is fraught with technical jargon, hurdles and screens saying ‘no’, ‘invalid’ or ‘not available’.
  • In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.

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