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How to use jargon in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Jargon means a technical terminology unique to a particular subject. Example: “He used technical jargon but I managed to catch the drift of his argument.”

Examples of jargon by meaning

nounA technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

  • He used technical jargon but I managed to catch the drift of his argument.
  • Make a list of ten-dollar words, scientific terms, and obscure niblets of jargon and find ways to use them.2018 June 13, Michael Schein, “Author Simon Sinek Is Full Of Hot Air (And Other Reasons You Should Follow His Lead)”, in Forbes, archived...
  • That’s one of the biggest hurdles of managing a router and your network security in general, it’s a massive chore that is fraught with technical jargon, hurdles and screens saying ‘no’, ‘invalid’ or ‘not available’.2022 May 17, Rob Andrews, “Synology SRM 1.3 Software Review Part 4 – The Safe Access Application”, in NAS Compares, archived from the...

nounA language characteristic of a particular group.

  • In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.2014, Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today

nounSpeech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

  • Cut the jargon and get to your point.

More sentences with jargon

  • With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity.From the entry pomposity
  • I listened carefully, but the technical jargon went over my head.From the entry go over someone's head
  • The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.From the entry shorthand
  • Business jargon makes this document impenetrable—I can’t understand it.From the entry impenetrable
  • There is some kind of hello-fellow-kids pact among podcasters to use only the cheesiest contemporary jargon.2020 September 28, Alexandra Schwartz, “Can Podcasts Improve Our Well-Being?”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications…. From the entry hello, fellow kids
  • Mostly technical jargon and arbitrary fortune-cookieish dictums on violence and heredity.2014, Geoffrey Girard, Cain's Blood: A Novel, page 42. From the entry cookieish
  • Minnesota Neverthriving (15th-century jargon for a company of jugglers) meets in south Minneapolis.2012 October 30, Jeff Strickler, “Juggling is bouncing back”, in Star Tribune. From the entry neverthriving
  • He had his first whiff of "wiki-crack," the irreverent jargon Wikipedians have used to describe their addiction.2009, Andrew Lih, The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion…. From the entry wiki crack
  • Malariologists have an inordinate fondness for jargon, which has infected mosquito specialists, too.2007, Hugh Pennington, ‘The Problem with Biodiversity’, London Review of Books, volume 29, number 9. From the entry malariologist
  • First, a bit of jargon: a grapheme cluster is a generalization of the notion of combining characters.2007, Yannis Haralambous, Fonts & Encodings, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry grapheme cluster
  • In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101. From the entry barbarism
  • This paper uses sociolect as a cover term for slang, technical jargon (professionalisms), and argot.1999, Pavol Odaloš, “Mi a szociolektus és mi a szleng? [What is a Sociolect and what is Slang?]”, in Anna Fenyvesi, Tamás Kis, Judit…. From the entry sociolect
  • 'brie', or 'cobra'), or for jargon words specialized to a narrow field (e.g.1990, The Logical Language Group, "The Level 0 Booklet", §3.2.4. From the entry fu'ivla
  • To put it in the social jargon, I was merely not at home to Slatter.1930, Lennie Lower, Here's Luck, published 1980, page 85. From the entry not at home to
  • His jargon of slang was a continuous joy and surprise to them.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry ribaldry
  • When discussing e-bikes and their differences, the jargon of Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 can be confusing.2026 January 21, Ximena Conde, “How N.J. ended up having some of the most restrictive e-bike regulations in the country. And why advocates…. From the entry e-bike
  • Clavicular insists that his jargon isn't a put-on, that it's simply second nature after so many years as a poster.2026 February 13, Joseph Bernstein, quoting Clavicular, “Looks Aren't Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry -maxx
  • “Structural alpha,” he called it, in the jargoniest jargon.2022 May 6, Mary Childs, “Was the ‘Bond King’ Great?”, in Institutional Investor, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, archived from the original on 04…. From the entry jargony
  • As with other tourist lines, actual peak demand is from mid-morning to late afternoon - 'off peak' in conventional fares jargon.2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 42. From the entry off-peak
  • They find earlier and better uses of terms which computers can't (in the jargon) disambiguate—distinguish from other similar uses.2016, John Simpson, The Word Detective, Little, Brown, published 2016, page 281. From the entry disambiguate
  • Lamond, a lot of people find baseball jargon incomprehensible.2012 February 25, “As Video Gaming Goes Pro, Viewers Pay Up”, in NPR, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2012. From the entry StarCrafter
  • While the jargon inspired by this meme will live forever, the Photoshops and remixes have mostly dried up.2011, Cole Stryker, “The Meme Life Cycle”, in Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan’s Army Conquered the Web, New York, N.Y.; London: Overlook…. From the entry photoshop
  • McCain's message, while similar in content and equally as valid, is lost in the minutiae of “'high-risk' pools” and wonky jargon.2010, Michael Maslansky, Scott West, Gary DeMoss, David Saylor, The Language of Trust: Selling Ideas in a World of Skeptics. From the entry wonky
  • As used today, channeling is a vestige of New Age jargon that has taken on a general, nonspiritual, unpsychic meaning.2009 September 6, William Safire, “Channeling”, in New York Times. From the entry unpsychic
  • All had been directed by their command to participate in the study (in Marine jargon, they were "voluntold" to participate).2007, W. Lewis Johnson, “Serious Use of a Serious Game for Language Learning”, in Rosemary Luckin, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Jim Greer…. From the entry voluntell
  • The commodore's staff prepares the necessary message using a standardised jargon used by the Navy, sometimes referred to as 'signalese'.2006, Ian Pfennigwerth, A Man of Intelligence: The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker, page 47. From the entry signalese
  • By using jargon, clichés, exaggeration, and unnecessary words, we will be led down the primrose path of misdirection.2003, Loretta A. Malandro, Say It Right the First Time, page 113. From the entry primrose path
  • The differences between slang, colloquialism and jargon are not clear-cut.1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page v. From the entry colloquialism
  • There was no further need for words, because the lexicon of Romance jargon has just been fully deployed.1985, Philip Howard, The State of the Language, OUP, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry Conrad
  • The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert.1984, J. Victor Baldridge, The Campus and the Microcomputer Revolution, Macmillan, →ISBN, page xi. From the entry buffalo
  • In theatre jargon, we call it "flop sweat."1979, Ken Waissman, Maxine Fox, “Broadway: A sound heard around the world”, in Beyond Media, →ISBN, page 264. From the entry flop sweat
  • They were perfect “clears,” to use Scientologist jargon.1978, Gore Vidal, chapter 2, in Kalki: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry clear
  • Government bureaucracies have their own jargon, and so do journalists.1978 November 18, Richard Roberts, “The Queen's English”, in Edmonton Journal, via Newspapers.com, retrieved 18 Aug 2026, page D2. From the entry bafflegabble
  • On the field, McMillin has a jargon all his own.1946, Collier's. From the entry loosy-goosy
  • You could not get away from the studio jargon.1943, John P[hillips] Marquand, “Well, Hardly That”, in So Little Time, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, pages 287–288. From the entry meet cute

Meaning of jargon

  1. noun A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
  2. noun A language characteristic of a particular group.
  3. noun Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

Full definition of jargon

Questions about jargon in a sentence

How do you use jargon in a sentence?
Jargon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He used technical jargon but I managed to catch the drift of his argument.”
What is a short sentence with jargon?
“Cut the jargon and get to your point.”
What does jargon mean?
Jargon means a technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

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