Word Of The Week (WOW #38)

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Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.)

It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week.

If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Here’s this week’s WOW:

Word:

Jargon

Part Of Speech:

Noun

Derivatives:

Jargonistic: adjective

Pronunciation:

• /ˈdʒɑːɡ(ə)n/
• jar-gon
• Audio

Meaning:

Meaning-1:

• Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
• (Archaic) A form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, or hybrid.

Meaning-2:

• A translucent, colourless, or smoky gem variety of zircon.

Synonyms:

specialized language, technical language, slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter, patois, vernacular; computerese, legalese, bureaucratese, journalese, psychobabble.

Antonyms:

None

Related Phrases/Informal Synonyms:

Double Dutch, mumbo jumbo, geekspeak, gobbledegook.

Word Origin:

1. Late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘twittering, chattering’, later ‘gibberish’): from Old French jargoun, of unknown origin. The main sense dates from the mid 17th century.
2. Mid 18th century: from French, from Italian giargone ; probably ultimately related to zircon.

Usage Note:

None

Use In Sentences:

• The instructions are written in electrician’s jargon.
• This legal jargon is going to be the death of me.

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