Definitions
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- noun Someone who uses
jargon excessively.
Etymologies
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Blend of jargon and argonaut
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Examples
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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
NPR Topics: News 2010
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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!
Evening Standard - Home Ross Lydall 2011
faraway commented on the word jargonaut
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
September 2, 2007
seanahan commented on the word jargonaut
This one is close, but not quite there. Instead of thinking jargon plus juggernaut, I think jargon plus argonaut.
September 2, 2007
faraway commented on the word jargonaut
I wasn't thinking at all, I was just quoting :) Much easier. But what do you mean - what would a jargony argonaut say?
September 3, 2007
seanahan commented on the word jargonaut
I guess, it doesn't really make much sense when you interpret it that way, which is why I don't like it.
September 3, 2007
faraway commented on the word jargonaut
Fair enough. Thanks for sharing.
September 12, 2007
seanahan commented on the word jargonaut
What about jargonaire?
September 13, 2007
faraway commented on the word jargonaut
Yep, that works.
September 14, 2007