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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
I don't understand a lot of computer jargon
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Recent Examples of jargon
Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Mayer said reducing churn — industry jargon for customer losses — is the most substantial factor in improving streaming services’ economics, even more so than gaining new subscribers or generating revenue from those customers.
—Ali McCadden,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 18 July 2025
Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
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Noun
Her search returned terms, concepts and medical jargon previously unfamiliar to the then-college student.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Mayer said reducing churn — industry jargon for customer losses — is the most substantial factor in improving streaming services’ economics, even more so than gaining new subscribers or generating revenue from those customers.
—Ali McCadden,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 18 July 2025
Verb
That’s like the same thing that happened in 2008 when everybody was bedazzled by all these Wall Street jargon terms like collateralized debt obligations.
—Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jargon
Noun
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While terminology changes and treatment advances are promising, experts note that broader systemic and societal changes could make the biggest difference.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
10 Sep. 2025
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To use modern terminology, Michell was talking about the concept of escape velocity, which can be explained by means of a simple experiment.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Yurov laughs hysterically and chirps back at Kreider.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hiromu Yakura, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, noticed differences in his own vocabulary about a year after ChatGPT debuted in late 2022.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Babbel isn’t like those free apps that flood you with random vocabulary.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gullah Creole is a mix of Southern and [some other] dialects.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Another study by the University of California-Berkeley found ChatGPT responses reinforce dialect discrimination.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The expansion will also include more language support, with plans to increase access to consulting and capital assistance in Spanish and Marshallese, according to an organization news release.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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There is no time limit on how long such consultations could take, and experts say the language is flexible enough to allow each member to decide how far to go in responding to armed aggression against another.—
Matt Spetalnick,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
8 Sep. 2025
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But first, the deeper history and roots of certain slang terms A number of phrases that are labeled as Gen Z lingo or internet slang today are derived from Black and drag cultures.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Jargon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jargon. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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