Jargonist
/ˈdʒɑːr.ɡən.ɪst/noun
A person who uses or favors specialized, technical, or obscure language.
Did you know?Jargon entered English with the sense of meaningless chatter or twittering, and the suffix -ist later turned it into a label for someone defined by that kind of speech.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
LL
*gaggiare* / *jargōn*
“uncertain; likely imitative or expressive speech-like noise”
Old French
OF
jargon
“chatter, twittering, unintelligible speech”
14th Century
English
jargon
“meaningless talk; later, specialized language”
16th Century
English
jargonist
“a person who uses jargon; a speaker of obscure or affected language”
Modern English
English
jargonist
“a person who habitually uses specialized or obscure terminology”