jargon
Example Sentences
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Yet he also gets a chuckle out of jargon like “mouthfeel” and “bunghole.”
The New York Times’ crossword is synonymous with its current editor, Will Shortz, who gave the puzzle a refresh in the 1990s, jettisoning academic jargon and obscurities in favor of layered puns and pop-culture references.
From Los Angeles Times
They sought to accelerate the acculturation and assimilation of the many immigrants into one people, which, as the Massachusetts political and literary figure Fisher Ames pointed out, meant, “to use the modern jargon, nationalized.”
“Dumb Money,” an energetic, ingratiating dramatization of the GameStop stock craze of 2021, presents an interesting challenge for its screenwriters, who have to juggle two forms of jargon in fast-paced dialogue.
From New York Times
Reducing spending levels is just a piece of a puzzle Mr. McCarthy must solve to win over Freedom Caucus support for a stop-gap spending bill, which is known as a continuing resolution in Congress jargon.
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
