Crossword clues for jargon
jargon
- Computerese, e.g.
- Lingo
- Tech talk, e.g.
- It's hard for laymen to understand
- A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- A colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
- Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
- Pidgin English
- Specialist language almost disappeared following shake up
- Specialised vocabulary
- Legendary vessel impounded by Japanese navy is Greek
- Journalese or legalese, say?
- Technical talk is initially just gas
- Shop talk
- Specialized language
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.]
(Min.) A mineral consisting predominantly of zirconium silicate ( Zr2SiO4) occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.
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an imitation gemstone made of cubic zirconia.
Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also el[ae]olite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering," from Old French jargon "a chattering" (of birds), also "language, speech," especially "idle talk; thieves' Latin." Ultimately of echoic origin (compare Latin garrire "to chatter," English gargle). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar terms" (1650s). Middle English also had it as a verb, jargounen "to chatter" (late 14c.), from French.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context uncountable English) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject. 2 (context countable English) Language characteristic of a particular group. 3 (context uncountable English) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish. vb. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds. Etymology 2
alt. A variety of zircon n. A variety of zircon
WordNet
Wikipedia
Jargon is a type of language that is used in a particular context and may not be well understood outside of it. The context is usually a particular occupation (that is, a certain trade, profession, or academic field), but any ingroup can have jargon. The main trait that distinguishes jargon from the rest of a language is special vocabulary—including some words specific to it and, often, narrower senses of words that outgroups would tend to take in a broader sense. Jargon is thus "the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group". Most jargon is technical terminology, involving terms of art or industry terms, with particular meaning within a specific industry. A main driving force in the creation of technical jargon is precision and efficiency of communication when a discussion must easily range from general themes to specific, finely differentiated details without circumlocution. A side effect of this is a higher threshold for comprehensibility, which is usually accepted as a trade-off but is sometimes even used as a means of social exclusion (reinforcing ingroup-outgroup barriers) or social aspiration (when intended as a way of showing off).
The philosopher Étienne Bonnot de Condillac observed in 1782 that "every science requires a special language because every science has its own ideas". As a rationalist member of the Enlightenment, he continued: "It seems that one ought to begin by composing this language, but people begin by speaking and writing, and the language remains to be composed."
Various kinds of language peculiar to ingroups can be named across a semantic field. Slang can be either culture-wide or known only within a certain group or subculture. Argot is slang or jargon purposely used to obscure meaning to outsiders. Conversely, a lingua franca is used for the opposite effect, helping communicators to overcome unintelligibility, as are pidgins and creole languages. For example, the Chinook Jargon was a pidgin. Although technical jargon's primary purpose is to aid technical communication, not to exclude outsiders by serving as an argot, it can have both effects at once and can provide a technical ingroup with shibboleths. For example, medieval guilds could use this as one means of informal protectionism. On the other hand, jargon that once was obscure outside a small ingroup can become generally known over time. For example, the terms bit, byte, and hexadecimal (which are terms from computing jargon) are now recognized by many people outside computer science.
Jargon is terminology especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, or group.
Jargon may also refer to:
- Jargon aphasia, a fluent or receptive aphasia in which the patient's speech is incomprehensible, but appears to make sense to them
- Jargon File, a glossary of computer programmer slang
- The Jargon Society, an independent press founded by the American poet Jonathan Williams
- Jargon Software, a computer software development company
Specific jargons:
- Chinook Jargon, a pidgin trade language used in the West Coast of United States and Canada
- Corporate jargon, jargon used in business communication of corporations
- Law enforcement jargon, large body of acronyms, abbreviations, codes and slang used by law enforcement personnel
- List of baseball jargon, jargon used in baseball
- List of Sudoku terms and jargon, jargon used in Sudoku
- Mathematical jargon, vocabulary of specialist and technical terms of mathematicians
- Mobilian Jargon a pidgin used as a lingua franca among Native American groups living along the Gulf of Mexico
- Volleyball jargon, jargon used in volleyball
Usage examples of "jargon".
The official welcoming pamphlet referred to it as an asterite, but that was advertising jargon.
Authentic Existences but their simulacra--there is nothing here but a jargon invented to make a case for their school: all this terminology is piled up only to conceal their debt to the ancient Greek philosophy which taught, clearly and without bombast, the ascent from the cave and the gradual advance of souls to a truer and truer vision.
Not eastern bombast, nor the savage rant Of purpled madmen, were they numbered all From Roman Nero, down to Russian Paul, Could grate upon my ear so mean, so base, As the rank jargon of that factious race, Who, poor of heart, and prodigal of words, Born to be slaves, and struggling to be lords, But pant for licence, while they spurn controul, And shout for rights, with rapine in their soul!
Then was created the jargon of alchemy, a continual deception for the vulgar herd, greedy of gold, and a living language for the true disciples of Hermes alone.
The young gentleman then commenced in the jargon of heraldry to blazon his own pretended arms, and I felt much inclined to burst into laughter, partly because I did not understand a word he said, and partly because he seemed to think the matter as important as would a country squire with his thirty-two quarters.
This speech, delivered with arch simplicity, in her Bolognese jargon, made me laugh with all my heart, for in the violence of her gesticulations she had disclosed half her charms, and I saw nothing worth looking at.
In the trade jargon they were known as Maccaroni, and recently had begun to be listed in regular business reports.
I was sorry not to be master, at least, of the jargon of the business, as in that way men have got out of a similar difficulty, and by knowing the technical terms, and nothing more, have made their mark.
I fear, a rara avis among country gentlemen, it unites me, puts me in the main, I may say, in the only current of progress--a word sufficiently despicable in their political jargon.
They worked as a team, speaking in half-sentences, using techie jargon unintelligible to the layman.
From every side Worlington Dodds heard of yearlings, of windgalls, of roarers, of spavins, of cribsuckers, of a hundred other terms which were as unintelligible to him as his own Stock Exchange jargon would have been to the company.
Degree of extroversion Intelligence Human Relations Marital Status Motivational Pattern Job Task Record Impatiently I flicked through the pages of jargon.
He continued with a tirade of technical jargon until Longo held up his hand.
In the first place, Masin came from some outlandish part of Italy where an abominable dialect was spoken, and though he could speak school Italian when he pleased, he chose to talk to the porter in his native jargon, when he talked at all.
These were in the main the same as those of the soldier of fortune, but when their ideas differed upon any point, there arose forthwith such a cross-fire of military jargon, such speech of estacados and palisados, such comparisons of light horse and heavy, of pikemen and musqueteers, of Lanzknechte, Leaguers, and on-falls, that the unused ear became bewildered with the babble.