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Jargonese

The language certain academics speak purposely to mask their failure to make the complex understandable, usually a sign of either profound insecurity or a failure to understand the complex thoughts they are discussing.
"Her jargonese is exhausting everyone," sighed one person at the conference on Victorian Marxism Hegemonies.
by Dame Teacher February 20, 2022
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Norman: "The turnover rate at our enterprise has increased exponentially."

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

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"
by Stratwich May 15, 2009
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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!
by Benadude June 12, 2008
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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.
by Furry Trout August 14, 2011
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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."
by TreShawn Fukushima October 19, 2008
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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.
by jargoniser March 26, 2011
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