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English

Etymology

Blend of jargon +? argonaut

Noun

jargonaut (plural jargonauts)

1. Someone who uses jargon excessively.
   • 2006 Sept. 24, William Safire, "On Language: Pretexting," New York Times (retrieved 20 Nov 2012):

     Only a generation ago, some academic jargonaut coined prioritize, meaning “give priority to” or “rank in order of importance,” and stiffs like me ran to the ramparts to denounce it as ugly, bureaucratic and unnecessary.

2. Someone who is adept at using jargon.

Synonyms

• jargoneer
• jargonist

English

Etymology

Generalised use of Argonaut.

Noun

argonaut (plural argonauts)

1. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
   • 2018, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 27 March:

     Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.

2. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.

Derived terms

• jargonaut

Translations

Further reading

• Argonaut (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French argonaute.

Noun

argonaut m (plural argonau?i)

1. argonaut

Declension