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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
I don't understand a lot of computer jargon
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Recent Examples of jargon
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
And Directly Address the core issue publicly, directly, honestly and immediately, with no jargon whatsoever.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
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Noun
The lawsuit also says the financial impact statement prepared by the Division of Financial Management is biased and full of confusing legal jargon.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
And Directly Address the core issue publicly, directly, honestly and immediately, with no jargon whatsoever.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
That’s like the same thing that happened in 2008 when everybody was bedazzled by all these Wall Street jargon terms like collateralized debt obligations.
—Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jargon
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This can hamper an enterprise’s ability to differentiate its services, particularly when specialized tasks or industry-specific terminology are involved.—
Eli David,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Sailing lessons: Learn basic sailing skills and terminology from the instructors of the Central Florida Community Sailing Program during this six-session class.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Later in the period, Andersson chirped Shesterkin, who signed an eight-year, $11.5 million average annual value contract earlier this year.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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This is part of the reason why more and more owners and executives are starting to chirp about an MLB salary cap when the league’s collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1, 2026.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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That’s the only way to have our own narratives and our own vocabulary.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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In his art practice, Johnson is known for his sharp meditations on race and class rooted in a more organic vocabulary steeped in sculptural and painterly traditions.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, when Mari speaks on the phone to her clients, her Miami dialect drops completely.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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Declan has been reading up on local lore, revealing that there are 13 different dialects in the area, which also boasts a church made entirely of bundled hay.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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Owned by the American toy company Hasbro, Monopoly is licensed to 113 countries and printed in 46 languages around the globe.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The steak house speaks its own language, no matter how much of the menu is retitled in French.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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No more deciphering slang terms only to get eye-rolls from tweens in response.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2025
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And for future iterations of Signs, Nvidia said the team behind the platform is exploring how to include non-manual signals that are crucial to ASL, such as facial expressions and head movements, as well as slang and regional variations in the language.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Jargon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jargon. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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