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jargon
From 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] .
From 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.
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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.
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The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson.
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From 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] .
From 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]
