Jargon
For Wikipedia jargon, see Wikipedia:Glossary. For hacker slang, see Jargon File. For the gemstone, see Jargoon.
Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, or group. In other words, the term most often covers the language used by people who work in a particular area or who have a common interest. Much like slang, it can develop as a kind of short-hand, to express ideas that are frequently discussed between members of a group, though it can also be developed deliberately using chosen terms. A standard term may be given a more precise or unique usage among practitioners of a field. In many cases this causes a barrier to communication with those not familiar with the language of the field. As an example, the words RAM, Hard Disk Drive, CPU, and Graphics Card are jargon terms related to computing.
In Jewish communities at the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "jargon" was occasionally used as a pejorative term for Yiddish. Such usage was current both among assimilationists, who felt that Jews would do better to speak the majority language of the surrounding society, and among Zionists who urged them to speak Hebrew.
See also
Colloquialism
Corporatese
Corporate jargon
Critical vocabulary
Jargon File
P convention
Pidgin
Polari
Slang
Sociolect
Sociolinguistics
Terminology
Wobbly lingo
Workplace jargon
Yan Tan Tethera
Translation
The word "Jargon" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Romanian, Simple English.
Translation(s) in other languages: Belarusian: Жаргон, Belarusian (Taraškievica): Жаргон, Bulgarian: Жаргон, Greek: Τζάργκον, Spanish: Jerga, Croatian: Žargon, Italian: Gergo, Hebrew: ז'רגון, Georgian: ჟარგონი, Lithuanian: Žargonas, Hungarian: Zsargon, Japanese: 隠語, Polish: Żargon, Portuguese: Jargão, Russian: Жаргон, Slovak: Žargón, Slovenian: Žargon, Serbian: Жаргон, Swedish: Jargong, Thai: ภาษาเฉพาะอาชีพ, Chinese: 行話.
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