jargonize

Verb

jargonize (third-person singular simple present jargonizes, present participle jargonizing, simple past and past participle jargonized)

1. (intransitive) To speak or write using jargon.
   • He provokes, inspires, pontificates and jargonizes unto "hegemony" and "archaic parental imagos."1982 Jan. 14, John Leonard, "Books of the Times" (book review of The Age of Desire by Joel Kovel), New York Times (retrieved 29 Nov 2012)
   • [C]ontemporary BBC executives are far too busy jargonising to each other about delivery platforms and multichoice environments.2008 August 25, David Hare, “How the BBC killed the TV play”, in Time Online, UK
2. (transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon.
   • But the committeemen were not to be diverted by the long-winded, jargonized explanations of the Nielsen modus operandi.1963 April 12, “Television: Selling Confusion”, in Time
   • You can jargonize many words by adding "ize" to the end of them.1978 March 21, Karen Ogden, “Jargon, gobbelydegook, and other mumbo jumbo”, in The Star-Phoenix, Canada, retrieved 29 Nov 2012