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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jargon \jar"gon\ jaumr"go^n, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   jargoned -go^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
see also:
jargoned jargoning 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jargon \jar"gon\, n. e. jargon, it. jiargone; perh. fr. pers.
   zarg=un gold-colored, fr. zar gold. cf. zircon. min.
   a variety of zircon. see zircon.
   1913 webster
see also:
zircon 
[3] : 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

[4] : 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
see also:
jargon zr2sio4 hyacinth jargon cubic zirconia zircon syenite 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jargon
     n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group as among
          thieves; "they don't speak our lingo" syn: cant, slang,
           lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
     2: a colorless or pale yellow or smoky variety of zircon
        syn: jargoon
     3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
        particular subject
see also:
cant slang lingo argot patois vernacular 
jargoon 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
119 moby thesaurus words for "jargon":
   aesopian language, babel, beach-la-mar, greek, kitchen kaffir,
   oregon jargon, sabir, abracadabra, absurdity, amphigory, argot,
   auxiliary language, babble, babblement, balderdash, bavardage,
   bibble-babble, blabber, blather, bombast, bosh, bull, bunk, cackle,
   cant, chatter, cipher, claptrap, code, colloquialize, crap, creole,
   creole language, creolized language, cryptogram, dialect,
   dictionary, double dutch, double-talk, drivel, drool,
   fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flummery, folderol, fudge,
   fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, garbage, garble, gibber,
   gibberish, gibble-gabble, gift of tongues, glossolalia,
   gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, hogwash, humbug, idiom, interlanguage,
   jabber, jabberwocky, jargonize, jumble, koine, language, lexicon,
   lingo, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, noise, nonsense,
   pack of nonsense, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, phraseology,
   pidgin, pidgin english, piffle, prate, prattle, rant, rigamarole,
   rigmarole, rodomontade, rot, rubbish, scatology, scramble,
   secret language, skimble-skamble, slang, speak, speech,
   stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, taboo language, talk,
   talkee-talkee, trade language, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle,
   twiddle-twaddle, use language, vaporing, vernacular, vocabulary,
   vulgar language, waffling





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