Dictionary:

jargon

  (jär'gən)

1. Nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk.
2. A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin.
3. The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group. See synonyms at dialect.
4. Speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing, and vague meaning.

To speak in or use jargon.

[Middle English jargoun, from Old French jargon, probably of imitative origin.]

noun

1. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle. See words.
2. A variety of a language that differs from the standard form: argot, cant², dialect, lingo, patois, vernacular. See words.
3. Specialized expressions indigenous to a particular field, subject, trade, or subculture: argot, cant², dialect, idiom, language, lexicon, lingo, patois, terminology, vernacular, vocabulary. See words.

Definition: specialized language; dialect
Antonyms: standard

A special language belonging exclusively to a group, often a profession. Engineers, lawyers, doctors, tax analysts, and the like all use jargon to exchange complex information efficiently. Jargon is often unintelligible to those outside the group that uses it. For example, here is a passage from a computer manual with the jargon italicized: “The RZ887-x current loop interface allows the computer to use a centronics blocked duplex protocol.” (See slang.)

Language that is used or understood only by a select group of people. Jargon may refer to terminology used in a certain profession, such as computer jargon, or it may refer to any nonsensical language that is not understood by most people. Literary examples of jargon are Francois Villon's Ballades en jargon, which is composed in the secret language of the coquillards, and Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, narrated in the fictional characters' language of "Nadsat".

Quotes:

"Psychobabble is... a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candor, and understanding it pretends to promote. It's an idiom that reduces psychological insight to a collection of standardized observations, that provides a frozen lexicon to deal with an infinite variety of problems." - Richard D. Rosen

"Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to ideas that, if stated directly, would seem superficial, stale, frivolous, or false. The line between serious and spurious scholarship is an easy one to blur, with jargon on your side." - David Lehman

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - jargon, specielt ordbrug
v. intr. - bruge jargon

2.
n. - ædelsten, skat, blandingsmineral af kisel og zirkon

Nederlands (Dutch)
vaktaal, ruige taal, jargon, kletsen, jargon gebruiken, in jargon veranderen

Français (French)
1.
n. - jargon, argot de métier
v. intr. - jargonner

2.
n. - variété de zirconium

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Jargon, Fachsprache
v. - unverständlich daherreden, einen Jargon sprechen

2.
n. - Jargon, (Abart des Zirkon

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επαγγελματική φρασεολογία, (μτφ.) ακαταλαβίστικα, αλαμπουρνέζικα, (ορυκτολ.) γιαρκόν, παραλλαγή του ζιρκονίου
v. - μιλώ ακατανόητα, χρησιμοποιώ δυσνόητη επαγγελματική γλώσσα

Italiano (Italian)
gergo, esprimersi in gergo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jargão (m), fala (f) ou conversa (f) incoerente ou sem sentido
v. - falar em ou utilizar jargão

Русский (Russian)
жаргон

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - jerga, lenguaje profesional
v. intr. - hablar en jerigonza, hablar de modo ininteligible

2.
n. - jergón, tipo de zircón opaco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jargong, fackspråk, struntprat, rotvälska
v. - använda jargong

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
专门术语, 梦话, 行话, 说行话, 喋喋不休, 说难懂的话

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 專門術語, 夢話, 行話
v. intr. - 說行話, 喋喋不休, 說難懂的話

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 은어, 사투리, 알아 들을 수 없는 말, 특수 용어
v. intr. - 은어를 쓰다, 사투리를 쓰다, 재잘거리다, 횡설수설하다

2.
n. - (보석) 지르콘의 변종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 専門語, わけのわからない言葉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رطانه, لغه غير مفهومه, جوهرة او حجر كريم (فعل) تكلم كلام من ذهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שפה מקצועית, מישלב דיבור, ז'רגון, קשקוש (בדיבור), עגה עממית נמוכה‬
v. intr. - ‮דיבר בלשון עילגת או מיוחדת‬
n. - ‮סוג זירקון שקוף למחצה וחסר-צבע‬

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