Jargon
Jargon noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.
Usage example: I don't understand a lot of computer jargon
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Synonyms for Jargon
Speech
Speech noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.
Usage example: wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech
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Synonyms for Speech
Jargon is a synonym for speech in dialect topic. You can use "Jargon" instead a noun "Speech", if it concerns topics such as language, talk, diction.
Nearby Word: speechless
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- The episode "Ariel", in which the crew are sneaking into a hospital and have a long speech memorized using all kinds of medical jargon.
Source: Impossible Mission Collapse -
Scientists restrict "bug" to mean insects of the order Hemiptera, but technical jargon is not normative for common speech, any more than the grammar of Latin is normative for English.
Source: Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit" -
Totally Radical: Tree Hugger's speech is peppered with jargon appropriate for a Granola Girl, including "radical", "mellow", and "groovy", as well as an occasional Like Is, Like, a Comma.
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