jargonaut

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/UK/ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/US/ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/

Etymology

Blend of jargon + argonaut.

  1. borrowed from Argonauta
  2. compounded as jargonaut — “jargon + argonaut

Definitions

  1. Someone who uses jargon, especially to an excessive degree.

    • Only a generation ago, some academic jargonaut coined prioritize, meaning “give priority to” or “rank in order of importance,” and stiffs like me ran to the ramparts to denounce it as ugly, bureaucratic and unnecessary.

The neighborhood

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