Jargon synonyms and antonyms
jär'gən
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language (related)
All the vocal sounds, words, and ways of combining them common to a particular nation, tribe, or other speech community
A facile or sensational style, with many clichés, regarded as typical of many newspapers, magazines, etc.
shoptalk
Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.
The definition of gibberish is rapid talk that is impossible to understand.
Nonstandard speech.
Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
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slang (related)
Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
A simple phonetic code with a regular infix that makes meaningful speech sound unintelligible.
A complicated or obscure ritual.
(Informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
pidgin english
A simplified form of English used by certain peoples of E Asia and the South Pacific in dealing with foreigners: there are two forms, Chinese pidgin and Melanesian pidgin, the former based on the syntax of Chinese, the latter on the syntax of certain aboriginal languages of Melanesia and N Australia
broken English
Hybrid language
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koine
A dialect of Greek that developed primarily from Attic and became the common language of the Hellenistic world, from which later stages of Greek are descended.
lingua franca
A mixture of Italian with Provençal, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish, formerly spoken on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
A borrowing by which a specialized meaning of a word or phrase in one language is transferred to another language by a literal translation of each of the individual elements (Ex.: masterpiece, from German meisterstück)
Lingo is defined as the special vocabulary of a specific field.
(Psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
coined word
Specialized vocabulary
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The definition of coinage is metal money.
officialese
The pompous, wordy, and involved language typical of official communications and reports
bureaucratese
Any language containing many non-essential words intended to imply more importance or intelligence than is actually present.
academese
(Pejorative) A formal or artificial form of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.
medicalese
(Informal) The jargon used by medical professionals.
businesspeak
Specialized vocabulary
The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and hence the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania.
pig-latin
Alternative capitalization of pig Latin.
dog-latin
Incorrect or ungrammatical Latin
Glib rapid speech, as of an auctioneer, salesperson, or comedian.
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A way of acting characteristic of one locality; local custom, practice, or mannerism
rhyming-slang
A form of language play, esp. as used by cockneys, in which a phrase is substituted for a single word with which the last word of the phrase rhymes (Ex.: trouble and strife used for wife, apples and pears for stairs)
doubletalk
Alternative form of double talk., possibly written as one word in homage to George Orwell's Newspeak (as with doublespeak).
thieves' Latin
Specialized vocabulary
peddler's French
Specialized vocabulary
slanguage
Slang peculiar to a group:
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The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when regarded as trite or trivial. [from 20th c.]
technobabble
Technical jargon:
A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.]
A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group:
A low, bubbling sound
The definition of baloney is another spelling for the meat bologna.
A trough used in forging and smelting for cooling hot metal
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The definition of a bull is an uncastrated male bovine animal, or is slang for nonsensical and untrue talk.
(Now Rare) Saliva running from the mouth
A sudden perception:
The low muttering sound of a goose or duck.
Useless or insincere talk, writing, etc.
A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.
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Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive:
Words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all
A mixed language, or jargon, incorporating the vocabulary of one or more languages with a very simplified form of the grammatical system of one of these and not used as the main language of any of its speakers
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
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standard (antonym)
The definition of a standard is something established as a rule, example or basis of comparison.
The definition of blather is talk that doesn't make sense.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
The definition of jabber is excited, fast and often nonsensical talk.
Meaningless syllables that seem to make sense; gibberish
(Linguis.) The total stock of morphemes in a language
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The systematic study of terms
words (related)
Unintelligible or foolish talk
jargoon
A variety of zircon.
beach-la-mar
A lingua franca
technical-jargon (related)
gobbledegook (related)
cliché (related)
Unintelligible, trite, or pretentious speech
Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.
chinook-jargon
A pidgin consisting of extremely simplified Chinook intermixed with words from English, French, and neighboring American Indian languages: formerly used among traders and Indians in the coastal areas of NW North America
A colloquial word or expression
(Pejorative) A word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.
The definition of doublespeak is misleading or false language used to make a negative situation sound better.
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense
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