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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
Damon Stafford, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Sometimes courts refuse to enforce these types of clauses if they are cloaked in confusing legal jargon or tiresomely require a ticket holder to read another document in order to learn important details.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 July 2024
Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
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Noun
Too many folks want to be the big shot enterprise salesperson, talking high-level jargon and playing golf with clients.
—Damon Stafford, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Sometimes courts refuse to enforce these types of clauses if they are cloaked in confusing legal jargon or tiresomely require a ticket holder to read another document in order to learn important details.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 July 2024
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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There are effective remedies available through the court system to a party who feels they have been harmed because the other party breached (legal terminology for broke) their contract.Joe Sabin, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Holgorsen didn’t know the terminology or the names of many players.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the Claridge’s lobby, a candy trolley overflowing with festive treats and mechanical birds chirping softly from the tree add elements of surprise and interaction.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Things started to pick up for the offense when the pads went on Tuesday, and the offensive linemen, quarterbacks and receivers started chirping back.Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The reports began introducing the rhetoric of climate change straight into the heart of the far right’s vocabulary.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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This brings the show to 58 categories, and songs will only be considered if their lyrics are at least 60% written in Spanish, Portuguese or a native regional dialect.Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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His father worked as a sports journalist and his mother as a dialect coach.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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The platform launches with a slate spanning 12+ languages and 10+ genres, featuring everything from video-on-demand content to free gaming, radio streaming, and 65 live channels.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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The language barrier has always been the catalyst for most problems when working with someone who speaks a foreign language.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Fact checked by Sarah Scott Parents of tweens and teens like me are always in need of a brush up on current slang terms, such as lala bop, and rizz.Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2024
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Slang terms for marijuana Pot, Mary Jane, grass, reefer, green, hash, ganja and doobie are just a few of the ever-growing list of slang terms used in exchange for marijuana.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Jargon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jargon. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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