Jargon

Jargon

The specialised vocabulary peculiar to a specific occupation, profession, or social group. Also, obscure or unintelligible communication, as language that is characterised by pretentious vocabulary, convoluted syntax, and is uncommonly vague in meaning (eg: "sacred gibberish"). See pidgin, vernacular, boilerplate, puffery, balderdash, euphemism, neologism, language.

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