jargon

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jargon

(ˈdʒɑːɡən)

NOUN  gergo


jargon

SOSTANTIVO NON NUMERABILE

You use jargon to refer to words and expressions that are used in special or technical ways by particular groups of people, often making the language difficult to understand.

The manual is full of the jargon of self-improvement courses./Il manuale è pieno di termini gergali tipici dei corsi di automiglioramento

Sinonimi: parlance, slang, idiom, patter

1.incoherent speech; gibberish

2.a language or dialect unknown to one so that it seems incomprehensible or outlandish

3.a mixed or hybrid language or dialect; esp., pidgin

4.the specialized vocabulary and idioms of those in the same work, profession, etc., as of sportswriters or social workers
a somewhat derogatory term, often implying unintelligibility 

5.speech or writing full of long, unfamiliar, or roundabout words or phrases

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