Jargon

Esoteric vocabulary in your new tabs.

Upgrade Your Vocabulary with Jargon Chrome Extension

Jargon is a Chrome extension that upgrades your vocabulary by displaying rare and obscure English words in new Chrome tabs. With its night mode feature, Jargon provides an immersive experience while expanding your knowledge. Explore the depths of esoteric vocabulary with Jargon.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2 Overrides new tab
Users: 172
-11
Rating: 5.00
(4)
Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2020-11-27)
Creation date: 2019-01-25
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 599.04K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

This is a genius way to learn new, obscure vocabulary. The simple but sleek design makes each new tab a breath of fresh air, especially if you've got your screen cluttered with lots of tabs like me. I highly recommend this!
by Patricia Lee, 2016-03-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Jargon requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
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