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One who travels through the deepest depths of hell, in search of new jargon. Typically travels with other jargonauts, never leaves home without blank DVDs (in case "Mr. & Mrs. Smith could possibly be pirated off of someone they encounter on the way).
Has jargonaut lost his mind?
Can jargonaut see or is jargonaut blind?
Can jargonaut walk at all,
Or if jargonaut moves will he fall?
Is jargonaut alive or dead?
Has jargonaut thoughts within jargonaut's head?
We’ll just pass jargonaut there
Why should we even care?
Jargonaut by Carl Engelke April 18, 2006

jargonstorming

Jargonstorming is like brain-storming, except the brain has been replaced by jargon. The jargonstormer (i.e., the speaker or writer leveling the jargonstorm at listeners or readers) frequently is unaware that they are not actually saying anything due to a lack of understanding of the underlying meanings of the jargon they employ as they fail to make any point; cynically, the jargonstormer is sometimes aware of this, and is leveraging the jargonstorm strategically to preempt meaningful contributions from others, by overwhelming those unfamiliar with the jargon and alternatively disgusting those who "see" through the jargonstorm to the point that the jargonstormer is not called to task for their transgression.
The following utterance is an example of jargonstorming: In order to properly agendize what we are doing such that we can maximize the synergies to leverage this window of opportunity, we need to strike while the iron is hot and keep pushing the envelope.
jargonstorming by learning2Bbrief November 24, 2010

jargonise 

verb - to jargonise, the act of taking a simple easily understood word and changing it to a different word which is harder to understand by most as it is from a semantic field understood only by those with intense knowledge of that particular field. Can also be the act of taking a simple easily understood text, and carrying through a similar action as above except to the whole text. past tense, jargonised
I was able to understand that word, because it was just the word, 'word', but now someones jargonised and its now 'lexeme' and I can't understand it.
jargonise by jargoniser March 26, 2011

jargonese 

Norman: "The turnover rate at our enterprise has increased exponentially."

Eric: "Stop speaking jargonese!"
jargonese by Nartal November 28, 2012

Jarganate 

a man of cosmic crushing powers in constructing a wizard stick
Hey jarganate can you pass the salvia.
Jarganate by Kelsey Knudsen March 2, 2008

jargontuous 

massively wordy, but saying little; saying in 17 words what could have been said in seven
That answer from John Kerry was jargontuous. I never thought his mouth would stop moving.
jargontuous by traydevon December 31, 2011