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NOUN (3)

1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
- Example: "they don't speak our lingo"
[syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]

2. a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon;
[syn: jargoon, jargon]

3. specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [E. jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zarg[=u]n gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.] (Min.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.] 1. Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish. "A barbarous jargon." --Macaulay. "All jargon of the schools." --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. Especially, an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, such as acronyms, used by specialists. "All jargon of the schools." --Prior. [1913 Webster] The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.] 1. (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. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. an imitation gemstone made of cubic zirconia. [PJC] Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elaeolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jargon n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular] 2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn: jargoon, jargon] 3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

jargon Language specific to some field of human endeavour, in this case, computing, that might not be understood by those outside that area. This dictionary contains many examples of jargon (/contents/jargon.html). The Jargon File is the definitive collection of computing jargon. (2014-09-01)