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Jargon, as distinct from slang, is specialist technical terminology used by those who work in a particular profession. Calling something jargon may have mild pejorative connotations. A more neutral phrase is term of art; especially in legal language, the implication is of terminology particular to one area of discussion or activity, which may in that context have a rather clear and well-defined application. That may be a more restricted or precise usage than is current in everyday speech.
1 Examples of jargon
2 See also
- Argot
- Buzzword
- Colloquialism
- Shibboleth
- Variety (linguistics)A variety of a language is a form that differs from other forms of the language systematically and coherently. Variety" is a wider concept than style of prose or style of language. Examples of varieties are: dialects, i. varieties spoken by geographically
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SociolinguisticsSociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used. It also studies how lects differ between groups separated by certain social variables, e.
