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Re: jargon
The Online Etymological Dictionary speaks thus:
jargon (n.)
mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering," from O.Fr. jargon "a chattering" (of birds), also "language, speech," especially "idle talk; thieves' Latin." Ultimately of echoic origin (cf. L. garrire "to chatter," English gargle). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar terms" (1650s). Middle English also had it as a verb, jargounen "to chatter" (late 14c.), from French.
jargon (n.)
mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering," from O.Fr. jargon "a chattering" (of birds), also "language, speech," especially "idle talk; thieves' Latin." Ultimately of echoic origin (cf. L. garrire "to chatter," English gargle). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar terms" (1650s). Middle English also had it as a verb, jargounen "to chatter" (late 14c.), from French.
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