APA Dictionary of Psychology
jargon aphasia
- a form of fluent aphasia in which speech is completely meaningless to the listener, whether by violating the rules of syntax and grammar, using the wrong content words (e.g., nouns and verbs), using distorted or invented words (neologistic jargon), or overusing imprecise words (e.g., it, thing) or grammatical words such as articles and prepositions.
- see word salad.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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