Meaning of Argot | Babel Free

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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