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Definition of Jargon

Jargon
Jargon 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.
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Jargon Jar"gon (j[aum]r"g[o^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargoned (-g[o^]nd); 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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Jargon Jar"gon, n. [E. jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zarg?n gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.] (Min.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
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Zircon ir"con, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.] (Min.) A mineral 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.

Meaning of Jargon from wikipedia

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