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jargon | microspeak |

As a noun jargon

is a technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

As a verb jargon

is to utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

As a proper noun Microspeak is

the computer and business jargon associated with Microsoft.

jargon

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
  • (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
  • * 2014 , Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today
    • In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.
  • (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
  • * Macaulay
    • A barbarous jargon .
    Synonyms
    * (language characteristic of a group) argot, cant, intalk * vernacular
    Derived terms
    * jargonaut * jargoneer * jargonist * jargonistic * jargonization * jargonize

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
  • * Longfellow
    • The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) giargone, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * jargoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variety of zircon

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    microspeak

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (informal) The computer and business jargon associated with (Microsoft).
  • * 2002 , James Gleick, What just happened: a chronicle from the information frontier
    • Actually, preview, in Microspeak , is what blunter software companies call "beta" — meaning incomplete, buggy, and unsupported.
  • * 2003 , Steven Lattimore McShane, Mary Ann Young Von Glinow, Organizational behavior
    • Welcome to the world of Microspeak — the unofficial language of Microsoft.
  • * 2004 , Sarah Milstein, Rael Dornfest, Google: the missing manual (page 174)
    • The browser buttons, shown in Figure 7-1, are simply links that you can place on the same toolbar that holds your most frequently used bookmarks (known as "favorites" in Microspeak ).