jargonize

[ jahr-guh-nahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, jar·gon·ized, jar·gon·iz·ing.

1. to talk jargon or a jargon.

verb (used with object)

, jar·gon·ized, jar·gon·iz·ing.

1. to translate into jargon.

jargonize

/ ˈdʒɑːɡəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. tr to translate into jargon
2. intr to talk in jargon

Derived Forms

• ˌjargoniˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• jargon·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jargonize¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; jargon ¹ + -ize

Example Sentences

It suggests simplifying the often byzantine process of contesting fines and tickets and advises, in a somewhat jargonized way, outsourcing receivables to well-capitalized commercial banks or other private vendors “to leverage emerging payment channels.”

From New York Times

But he could not speak a word of the Bannock-Shoshone mixed jargonized dialect.

From Project Gutenberg

TAP articles, once highly politicized, became pitilessly jargonized and technical, in homage or parody to the Bell System's own technical documents, which TAP studied closely, gutted, and reproduced without permission.

From Project Gutenberg