Definition of Argots. Meaning of Argots. Synonyms of Argots

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Definition of Argots

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

Meaning of Argots from wikipedia

- content words). Such systems are examples of argots à clef, or "coded argots". Specific words can go from argot into everyday speech or the other way. For...
- Jogigi, Lafzi Mugat or Arabi/Arabcha in Central Asia, refers to various argots, spoken by the Ghorbati and closely related peoples, often called “Persian...
- Language defined jive as "an amalgam of Negro-slang from Harlem and the argots of drug addicts and the pettier sort of criminals, with occasional additions...
- Leonese and Caló, with the inclusion of other linguistic entities like argots and transitional languages. Historically, Celtic and Lusitanian were spoken...
- either Yiddish or Slavic languages, but original coinages. As with other argots, such as thieves' languages, Klezmer-loshn evolved to fill the need of members...
- also can include words and phrases arising from different dialects and argots, which may or may not have p****ed into more common usage. They can also...
- 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...
- dos canteiros ("Latin of the stonecutters") or verbo dos arxinas is an argot emplo**** by stonecutters in Galicia, Spain, particularly in the area of...
- 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...
- Pig Latin (Igpay Atinlay) is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving...