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Jargon
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.