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jargon filter noun. An email program filter that has been configured to automatically delete incoming messages that contain certain jargon terms or buzzwords.

Example Citation:
"After more than six months of research on the words most hated by the media and those most commonly mis-used without definition or elaboration in technology company news releases, the Gable Group has launched jargonfreeweb.com to promote clarity in PR and provide a quick tool — the Jargonator — for measuring the jargon content of copy.

'The daily deluge is so bad many media have created bozo and jargon filters on their e-mail to automatically delete messages that contain words such as 'solutions, first, leading, cutting-edge, best, first mover, state-of-the-art, and end-to-end,'" said Gable.
—Jerry Walker, "Website Spots Bad Releases," Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter, December 20, 2000

Related Words:
buzzword bingo
buzzword-compliant
camouflanguage
fuzzword
jargon dyslexia
jargon gap

Subject Categories:
Business - Buzzwords
Computers - E-mail
Language - Jargon and Buzzwords

Posted on January 9, 2001 at 11:51 AM
Updated on January 9, 2001 at 11:51 AM


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