For the fungus, see
Ergot.
Ergot is the common name of a Fungus in the Genus Claviceps that is parasitic on certain grains and grasses Argot (French and Spanish for "slang") is primarily slang used by various groups, including but not limited to thieves and other criminals, to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Slang is the use of highly informal Words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's Dialect or Language.
Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively [1]. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist He describes it in his novel, Les Misérables, as the language of the dark; at one point, he says, "What is argot; properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery. Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched "
Bruce Sterling defines argot as "the deliberately hermetic language of a small knowledge clique. Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades A clique ( IPA:/'klɪk/ in America /'kliːk/ elsewhere is an exclusive group of people who share interests views purposes patterns of behavior or ethnicity . . a super-specialized geek cult language that has no traction in the real world. " For example: "He philosophized and recited baseball statistics in a Brooklyn argot that was fast-fading. "
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Barallete is an Argot employed by the traditional knife-sharpeners and Umbrella -repairers ( afiadores e paragüeiros) of the Galician province Bargoens is a form of Dutch Slang. More specifically it is a cant language that arose in the 17th century and was used by criminals tramps Bron is an Argot spoken by itinerant Coppersmiths and fabric merchants in Miranda de Avilés (Principality of Asturias Caló (also known as Pachuco) is an Argot or slang of Mexican Spanish which originated during the first half of the 20th century in the Southwestern Cant is an example of an Argot or cryptolect a characteristic or secret language used only by members of a group often used to conceal the meaning from those outside the group Carny or Carnie is a Slang term for a carnival ( Funfair) employee A carny is anyone who runs a "joint" (booth "grab joint" Rhyming slang is a form of Slang in which a word is replaced either by another word or phrase that rhymes with it or by the first word of such a phrase in which Doublespeak (sometimes double talk) is language constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often resulting in a communication bypass. Fala dos arxinas or verbo dos arginas (in Spanish, jerga de los canteros) ( Galician, " Argot of stonecutters " Fala dos arxinas or verbo dos arginas (in Spanish, jerga de los canteros) ( Galician, " Argot of stonecutters " Gacería ( Basque for "nonsense" "cleverness" is the name of a slang or Argot employed by the trilleros (or makers of the trillo Gail, or Gayle, is an English and Afrikaans -based Argot used primarily by English and Afrikaans-speaking Gay men in urban communities Germanía or jerigonza is the Spanish term for the Argot used by criminals or in jails. Klezmer-loshn ( Yiddish: Musician's Tongue) is an extinct derivative of the Yiddish language A language game (also called secret language or ludling) is a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear Leet or Eleet (sometimes rendered l33t, 1337, or 31337) also known as Leetspeak, is an Alphabet used primarily on the Louchébem or loucherbem is Parisian and Lyonnaise Butchers ( French boucher) Slang, similar to Pig Latin Nadsat is a constructed Language used by the teenage subculture also called Nadsat in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange Pig Latin is an English Language game in which the initial consonant sound of an English word is placed at the end and an ay is Affixed (Ex Polari (or alternatively Parlare, Parlary, Palare, Palarie, Palari, Parlyaree, from Italian parlare Rotwelsch or Gaunersprache is a secret language a cant or thieves' argot, spoken by covert groups primarily in Germany, Switzerland Šatrovački (Шатровачки is a feature of permuting syllables of words used in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Macedonian. Shibboleth (ˈʃɪbəlɛθ or ˈʃɪbələθ is any practice which is indicative of one's social or regional origin Thieves' cant was a secret language (a cant or cryptolect) which was formerly used by thieves beggars and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain In the French language, verlan is the inversion of Syllables in a word which is found in Slang and Youth language. Yeshivish is a form of English spoken mainly by English-speaking Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews who attend or Xíriga is an occupation-related Argot developed by the tejeros of Llanes and Ribadesella in Asturias.
Dictionary
argot
-noun
- A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds.
- The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.
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