A term of endearment meaning before anyone else used between romantic partners that can also be used between close friends.

Example of jargon and slang. For example the Chinook Jargon was a pidgin. Slang Get me his vitals. Slang and jargon are often used loosely in the same sense though there is a thin line of difference.

A lawyer discussing an amicus curiae brief is an example of jargon. Slang I really HTH. Will that be enough time for the troops to rest.

The main difference is one of register. Jargon is formal language unique to a specific discipline or field while slang is common informal language that is more likely to be spoken than written. Touchdown territory scrambling loose ball kickoff man-in-motion down end zone goal line hand-off offside picked off recovery audible blitz clipping down.

Common examples of Jargon. A teen talking about making dough is an example of slang. However slang is simply informal language whereas jargon is specific to a group of people.

For example words like RAM byte hexadecimal which were jargons in the computing science are known by everyone. Bae youre the best Basic. Medical jargon Shes an ace guitarist.

Although technical jargons primary purpose is to aid technical communication not to exclude outsiders by serving as an argot it can have both effects at once and can provide a technical ingroup with shibboleths. For example an investment banker who uses jargon to highlight their superior position in a firm relative to another employee by using trading jargon the individual is unlikely to understand. For example most English speakers know that cool is slang for something thats good but only a plumber would know that brass is plumbing jargon for a faucet or fixture.