jargon
noun[U]
usuallydisapprovinguk/ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/us/ˈdʒɑːr.ɡən/C1
specialwords andphrasesthat are used byparticulargroupsofpeople,especiallyintheirwork:
行话,行业术语military/legal/computerjargon军事/法律/计算机术语
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terminology
argot
Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- functional
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- MFL
- newspeak
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- Polari
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- tongue