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noun

jargon

CEFR C2

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with jargon, each labelled with its topic.

  • New hires drown in the jargon of the office, where nobody says a meeting without calling it a sync.

    Startups

  • Ward jargon turns a patient into a bed number, and families rarely understand the shorthand doctors trade at handover.

    Medicine

  • Raid chat runs on jargon like pull, aggro and kite, and a newcomer needs a week before any makes sense.

    Gaming

  • Plain-language rules now require leases to drop the jargon so tenants can actually read what they are signing.

    Law

  • Fund prospectuses bury readers in jargon like alpha, drawdown and tracking error, so most savers simply sign and hope.

    Finance

  • Undergraduates complain that the seminar's jargon, from qualia to supervenience, hides ideas that plain words could carry.

    Philosophy

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