• (America) IPA: /ˈdʒɑɹ.ɡən/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/

jargon

1. (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
2. (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
3. (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

• (language characteristic of a group) argot, cant, intalk
• vernacular

• French: jargon
• German: Fachjargon, Fachsprache
• Italian: gergo
• Portuguese: jargão
• Russian: жарго́н
• Spanish: tecnicismo, jerga

• French: jargon
• German: Jargon, Fachsprache
• Portuguese: gíria
• Russian: жарго́н
• Spanish: jerga

• French: jargon
• German: Jargon, Fachchinesisch
• Portuguese: algaravia
• Russian: тараба́рщина
• Spanish: jerigonza

jargon (jargons, present participle jargoning; past and past participle jargoned)

1. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

   • The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.

jargon (plural jargons)

1. Alternative form of jargoon