jargon

(noun)

Technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

Related Terms

  • Slangs or colloquial language
  • Using the First Person in Academic Writing
  • argument
  • colloquial
  • cliché
  • first person
  • AWL

Examples of jargon in the following topics:

  • Appropriate Language

    • Nonetheless, one should avoid unnecessarily complicated language, jargon, and clichés.
    • Jargon is specialized or technical language specific to a field or concentration.
    • Jargon-heavy: The patient lost distal and radia CMS on lower left foot after the direct impact trauma, but otherwise is AOx4.
    • The title demonstrates an example of a sentence that is pretentious and jargon heavy.
    • Avoiding pretentious writing and defining any technical jargon will endow your writing with a clarity that readers will appreciate.
  • Methods

    • Technical jargon, extensive details, and a formal tone are expected.
  • Common Spelling Errors

    • This may be because the word is technical jargon or comes from a language other than her own.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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