Definition of "jargon" []

• Nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk. (noun)
• A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin. (noun)
• The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group. See Synonyms at dialect. (noun)
• Speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing, and vague meaning. (noun)
• To speak in or use jargon. (verb-intransitive)

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• "While the jargon is all retro health and safety-education material, the culty fetishism is more J.G. Ballard than CPR."
• "Science journalist Dallas Murphy's book explains the intricate link between the global ocean and the atmosphere in jargon-free prose that is easy for readers to understand."
• "The deficits, the multipliers, all of the jargon is cover for their fear of being proven irrevocably wrong."