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argot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
| Type of | non-standard speech |
| Has types | rhyming slang, street name |
Examples of argot
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Mr. Kolpan's argot is pitch perfect, and his ambiguous ending a perfect tease.
From the post-gazette.com
Kuiper suggested that the differences might also be argot, such as a thieves'cant.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In fact, in the argot of Cars, it feels a little like I've lifted his bonnet.
From the independent.co.uk
The street argot Verlan has been a source of words later adopted by the mainstream.
From the economist.com
The expletive-ridden argot and the jerky unfinished sentences have a rhythm.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
One way of remaining aloof is to use an argot that is baffling to outsiders.
From the time.com
Unfortunately I find your use of street argot tiresome and tedious to read.
From the independent.co.uk
It was a flashy week for pennyweighters-underworld argot for jewel thieves.
From the time.com
For more than half a century, their humor has come largely out of their exotic argot.
From the time.com
- Slang: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
- An argot (English pronunciation: /u02C8u0251u02D0ru0261ou028A/; from French argot u2018slangu2019) is a secret language used by various groupsu2014e.g., schoolmates, outlaws, colleagues, among many othersu2014to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations...
- A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon
- The jargon of a group or class; slang.
- Jargon used by a particular group of people, often obscure to those outside it.
- A specialized way of speaking or writing "often characterized by a unique vocabulary, used by a particular class, profession, or social group." [After The History of the English Language by Seth Lerer.]
- The jargon, slang or peculiar phraseology of a class; originally that of thieves and vagabonds.
- Ar gO local vocabulary for special group
