jargonistic
11ahead of — This prepositional phrase has been in use since the 18c in the physical sense ‘in front of’ and from the following century in the figurative sense ‘better than, superior to (in quality, performance, etc)’. Its meaning in relation to time dates… …
12jargon — ► NOUN ▪ words or expressions used by a particular group that are difficult for others to understand. DERIVATIVES jargonistic adjective jargonize (also jargonise) verb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «twittering, chattering»: from Old French… …
13jargonise — jargon ► NOUN ▪ words or expressions used by a particular group that are difficult for others to understand. DERIVATIVES jargonistic adjective jargonize (also jargonise) verb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «twittering, chattering»: from Old… …
14jargonize — jargon ► NOUN ▪ words or expressions used by a particular group that are difficult for others to understand. DERIVATIVES jargonistic adjective jargonize (also jargonise) verb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «twittering, chattering»: from Old… …
15jargon — jargon1 [jär′gən] n. [ME < MFr, a chattering (of birds): ult. of echoic orig.] 1. incoherent speech; gibberish 2. a language or dialect unknown to one so that it seems incomprehensible or outlandish 3. a mixed or hybrid language or dialect;… …
16jargon — 1. n. 1 words or expressions used by a particular group or profession (medical jargon). 2 barbarous or debased language. 3 gibberish. Derivatives: jargonic adj. jargonistic adj. jargonize v.tr. & intr. (also ise). Etymology: ME f. OF: orig. unkn …
17educationese — ˌejəˌkāshəˈnēz, ēs noun ( s) : the jargonistic language used especially by educational theorists …
18jar|gon|is|tic — «JAHR guh NIHS tihk», adjective. characterized by the use of or expressed in jargon: »Much of what he is looking at is not really science at all but a new kind of…jargonistic pseudo scholarship (New Yorker) …
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