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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. Someone who uses jargon excessively.

Etymologies

  1. Blend of jargon and argonaut (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Though much of Bam's memory belongs to a record collection that defies mini-storage, you can always count on bugged, a hip-hop jargonaut that has survived for over two decades, its etymology based on the act of going out of one's head through one's eyes while attended by invisible”

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  • “Whatever The interjection "meh" has beaten "frenemy", "huggles" and "jargonaut" for inclusion in the 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary following an invitation ...”

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  • jargonaut, south london, 30/11/2011 12:28 What an absolute farce this enquiry has become!”

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  • faraway Yep, that works. Sep 14, 2007

  • seanahan What about jargonaire? Sep 13, 2007

  • faraway Fair enough. Thanks for sharing. Sep 12, 2007

  • seanahan I guess, it doesn't really make much sense when you interpret it that way, which is why I don't like it. Sep 3, 2007

  • faraway I wasn't thinking at all, I was just quoting :) Much easier. But what do you mean - what would a jargony argonaut say? Sep 2, 2007

  • seanahan This one is close, but not quite there. Instead of thinking jargon plus juggernaut, I think jargon plus argonaut. Sep 2, 2007

  • faraway jargonaut noun. "A person who uses a an excessive number of jargon terms when speaking or writing." See Word Spy:
    http://www.wordspy.com/words/jargonaut.asp Sep 2, 2007

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