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jargonese 

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

Eric: "Stop speaking jargonese!"
jargonese by Nartal November 28, 2012
noun, a person prone to the excessive employ, in normal conversation, of any type of jargon (be it medical or corporate).
Jargoneer: "Let's ideate around this, and get some high-level action items down"
jargoneer by Stratwich May 15, 2009

Jargonshpargon

The feeling of confidence before entering a situation where knowledge of a topic is needed
Person 1: You revise for that test we got later?
Person 2: Yes! I'm Totally Jargonshpargon!
Jargonshpargon by Benadude June 12, 2008

Jargonista 

A person who is able to use a variety of technical terms to ultimately say nothing meaningful, but somehow still manages to satisfactorily answer questions from senior management, all while sipping a Venti, sugar-free, non-fat, vanilla soy, double shot, decaf, no foam, extra hot, Peppermint White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha with light whip, upside-down, 1 pump of peppermint, 1 and 3/8 pumps vanilla, heavy whip-cream, 3 ice cubes, 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg sprinkled on top, with green sprinkles, light cinnamon dusted on, stirred, with no lid, double cupped, and a straw
Gary is the ultimate jargonista. He was able to deflect each of Claire's questions with a bunch of mis-used and non-sensical technical terms without spilling his latest barista creation.
Jargonista by Furry Trout August 14, 2011

Jafronese 

Term used to describe someone of black and Japanese descent, specifically. Compare to Blackenese, used to describe someone of black and general Asian background.
"Yo, I heard dat nigga ain't black. He Jafronese or sometin."
Jafronese by TreShawn Fukushima October 19, 2008

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