JARGON Synonyms

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• use slang or vulgar language

• fool or hoax

• abuse with coarse language

• a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

• (language) communication by word of mouth

• the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

• the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication

• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

• a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

• a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

• stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

• a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• insincere talk about religion or morals

• two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

• heel over

• a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard