Argot

Definitions

1. An inhabitant or resident of Argos.
2. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
3. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
4. A strongly marked style of speaking.

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Examples

“Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.”

“The conversation was in the argot of the trade⟳, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense⟳ to the uninitiate.”

“Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"”

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