Definition of argot. Meaning of argot. Synonyms of argot

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Definition of argot

Argot
Argot Ar`got", n. [F. Of unknown origin.] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

Meaning of argot from wikipedia

- or mislead people outside the group. It may also be called a cryptolect, argot, pseudo-language, anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly...
- Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars...
- Germanía (Spanish: [xeɾ.maˈni.a]) is the Spanish term for the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 16th and 17th centuries. Its purpose...
- argot spoken by **** communities in Indonesia ****le language, an Afrikaans-based argot spoken by **** communities in South Africa IsiNgqumo, an argot based...
- Pig Latin is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving the onset or initial...
- CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United...
- The Fresnel–Arago laws are three laws which summarise some of the more important properties of interference between light of different states of polarization...
- dos canteiros ("Latin of the stonecutters") or verbo dos arginas is an argot emplo**** by stonecutters in Galicia, Spain, particularly in the area of...
- known as cryptolect, the jargon or argot of a group, often emplo**** to exclude or mislead people outside the group Argot, strictly a proper language with...
- Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language. Many of the terms deal...