jargonautn.

/ˈdʒɑːɡəˌnɔːt/

Etymology: Humorously < jargon n.¹ + -naut, after Argonaut n.; compare Juggernaut n.

colloquial.

A person who uses an excessive amount of jargon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > one who uses

jargonist1782

jargoner1893

jargoneer1916

jargonaut1963

1963 N.Y. Times 9 July 29/1 Mr. Williams sketches them with what, in the current idiom of the jargonauts, is called an expert, lucid meaningfulness.

1977 Lancet 9 July 81/2 The Transatlantic Fowler has taken on the jargonauts with a fair measure of success. His first book, Strictly Speaking, indicted America as responsible for the imminent demise of the English language.

1980 Daily Tel. 11 July 15/2 The burly Bolz is a heavy jargonaut bubbling over with such enjoyable obscurities as ‘the negative Stockholm syndrome’.

1992 Discover Feb. 24/2 I'd also worry that Americans in general and aerospace types in particular are jargonauts and acronymphomaniacs. An international partner could, for example, easily confuse PMC with PMS.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	jargonaut
释义	jargonautn. /ˈdʒɑːɡəˌnɔːt/ Etymology: Humorously < jargon n.¹ + -naut, after Argonaut n.; compare Juggernaut n. colloquial. A person who uses an excessive amount of jargon. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > one who uses jargonist1782 jargoner1893 jargoneer1916 jargonaut1963 1963 N.Y. Times 9 July 29/1 Mr. Williams sketches them with what, in the current idiom of the jargonauts, is called an expert, lucid meaningfulness. 1977 Lancet 9 July 81/2 The Transatlantic Fowler has taken on the jargonauts with a fair measure of success. His first book, Strictly Speaking, indicted America as responsible for the imminent demise of the English language. 1980 Daily Tel. 11 July 15/2 The burly Bolz is a heavy jargonaut bubbling over with such enjoyable obscurities as ‘the negative Stockholm syndrome’. 1992 Discover Feb. 24/2 I'd also worry that Americans in general and aerospace types in particular are jargonauts and acronymphomaniacs. An international partner could, for example, easily confuse PMC with PMS. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1963
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