jargon

«jargon» in Mova's school dictionary: Special words used by a particular group, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Special words used by a particular group, such as doctors, lawyers or computer experts, that are hard for others to understand. tree →

2) Confusing or pompous language. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons: jargon versus plain English. In maths, "numerator" and "denominator" are maths jargon. Phrases: technical jargon, full of jargon, jargon-free.

examples

• The doctor used medical jargon I didn't understand. tree →
• "Byte" and "pixel" are computer jargon. tree →
• Explain it without jargon, please. tree →
• The letter was full of legal jargon. tree →
• Every sport has its own jargon, like "offside". tree →
• "Denominator" is maths jargon for the bottom number of a fraction. tree →

note

Uncountable: "a lot of jargon", not "a jargon". Not the same as slang: slang is casual talk; jargon is technical talk.

In the corpora

• "Negative patient outcome" is American hospital jargon for "the patient died".
• "Pre-need arrangements" is American funeral-business jargon for paying for your own funeral in advance.
• "Adverse event" is medical jargon for harm or injury caused by medical treatment.
• "A domestic" means a violent quarrel at home (police and news jargon, UK).
• "Made a bad choice" is teacher jargon for misbehaved.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jargon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.