Jargon

Entertainment / Literature / Jargon: Potentially confusing words and phrases used in an occupation, trade, or field of study. We might speak of medical jargon, sports jargon, pedagogic jargon, police jargon, or military jargon, for instance.
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Jargon Verb Synonyms: cant, argot, parlance, idiom, vernacular,, patois, Creole, dialect, pidgin, lingo
Jargon Noun Synonyms: blether or also blather, chatter, babble, gibberish, jabber, gabble, gobbledegook or gobbledygook, prattle, patter, drivel, cackle, jabberwocky, twaddle, (stuff and) nonsense, rubbish, codswallop, balderdash, bunk, humbug, palaver, bavardage
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Jargon Aphasia

Science / Psychiatry / Jargon Aphasia: incoherent, meaningless, neologistic speech MORE

Articulate

Health / Pilates / Articulate: In exercise jargon, this means to differentiate the spinal column one vertebra at a time. MORE

Vita

Entertainment / Literature / Vita: The word vita has two common meanings in English scholarship. First, for medievalists, a vita is a medieval literary genre, one commonly called 'a saint's life' or a 'hagiography.' The saint's life is MORE

Breadstick

Entertainment / Tennis / Breadstick: Jargon for winning (or losing) a set 6-1, with the straight shape of the '1' being evoked supposedly by the straight shape of a breadstick. The term seems to be used relatively rarely. MORE

Fry

Entertainment / Tennis / Fry: Jargon for winning (or losing) a set 6-1, with the straight shape of the '1' being evoked supposedly by the straight shape of a potato fry. The term seems to be used relatively rarely. MORE

Aggro

Entertainment / Video Games / Aggro: Jargon, derived from the word 'aggravation' can be either a noun or a verb referring to the possibility of a computer-controlled character attacking a player. MORE