Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.]

Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. ``A barbarous jargon.'' --Macaulay. ``All jargon of the schools.'' --Prior.

The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Jargon \Jar"gon\ (j[aum]r"g[o^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargoned (-g[o^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning.]

To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.

The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. --Longfellow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [E. jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zarg?n gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. Zircon.]

(Min.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.]

(Min.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)