(PG = Prescriptive Grammar  —  DG = Descriptive Grammar)

(GL = Grammatical Lingo  —  OB = Obtuse  —  NG = Not Grammatical)

• J, j  —  [PG]  The Letter “J” Is The Tenth Letter Of The English Alphabet.  It Is Also The Seventh Consonant In The English Alphabet.

• Jargon  —  [NG]  The Term Jargon is not a Grammatical Term.  It is Grammatical Lingo used to refer to Words, Terms, Names, & Phrases, which are Terms within a specific field.

However — the Term Jargon is usually used by people OUTSIDE of that particular field to refer to Terms which they do not Comprehend.

OR —  it is used by people WITHIN that field who are speaking to those outside that field.  And either they do not know how to — or they simply do not want to explain the Terms (because it may not be necessary or beneficial to do-so).  So they simply refer to it as Jargon.  (usually with the name of the field as the Adjective describing what type of Jargon it is.)

For Example:  “You don’t have to be concerned with all that is written here.  It is basically Legal Jargon.  But what it is saying is that you simply need to…”