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Meaning of cryptolanguage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A secret language.

Examples

“The history of cant lexicography has contributed in part to a widely held misconception about slang, namely, that slang is used as a secret language known only to the members of a select group: that slang is a crypto-language.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

cryptolect cryptolectal cryptolepine cryptoliberal cryptolibertarian cryptolibertarianism