From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (185)

 

Jargon Stretched

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Origins of the word "Jargon"

"Jargon,” adopted from French in the 14th century, originally meant “unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering.” It wryly took on its current meaning, “phraseology peculiar to a sect or profession,” in the 1650s due to the fact that such speech was unintelligible to outsiders.

https://uselessetymology.com/2018/05/23/the-etymologies-of-jargon-jabber-and-gibberish/

"The French word is believed to have been derived from the Latin word gaggire, meaning "to chatter", which was used to describe speech that the listener did not understand. The word may also come from Old French jargon meaning "chatter of birds". Middle English also has the verb jargounenmeaning "to chatter", or "twittering", deriving from Old French."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon

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The Conversation

"In the English conversation I am more lenient with my jargon-words." (George)

Elements From The Conversation

Music

Today's music is jargon in a cheerful format - a word that sounds impressive, means absolutely nothing, but at least lifts our spirits and reminds us of what real words are actually about.

As always, with our love.

George & Matilda