jargonist

English

Etymology

From jargon +‎ -ist.

Noun

jargonist (plural jargonists)

1. Someone who overuses jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
   • 1843, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Madame D'Arblay”, in Edinburgh Review:

     Nothing in the language of those jargonists at whom Mr . Gosport laughed, nothing in the language of Sir Sedley Clarendel, approaches this new Euphuism

Synonyms

• jargonaut, jargoneer, jargoner