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jargon

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1. jar.gon \'ja:r-g*n, -.ga:n\ \.ja:r-g*-'nis-tik\ n [ME, fr. MF] 1a: 
   confused unintelligible language  1b: a strange, outlandish, or barbarous 
   language or dialect  1c: a hybrid language or dialect simplified in 
   vocabulary and grammar and u sed for communication between peoples of 
   different speech 2: the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a 
   special activity  or group 3: obscure and often pretentious language marked 
   by circumlocutions and lon g words - jar.gon.is.tic aj
2. jargon vi 1: TWITTER, WARBLE  2: JARGONIZE