jargonaut
noun/ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/UK/ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/US/ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/
Etymology
Blend of jargon + argonaut.
- derived from Ἀργοναύτης
- borrowed from Argonauta
Definitions
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
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for jargonaut. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA