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argot (AHR-goh) - n., a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to a group of people, esp. thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group.
The first is a way of both identifying other members of your group and keeping others from understanding you. The second is mostly just the first, and essentially a synonym for jargon. From a French word (of unknown origin, first appearing in the early 17th century) for thieves cant, now a specific form of argot. There is an alternate pronunciation, AHR-guht, that is falling out of disfavor and is now frequently cited as unacceptable, which is news to me as that was the only one I knew till today. Learn something new.
---L.
The first is a way of both identifying other members of your group and keeping others from understanding you. The second is mostly just the first, and essentially a synonym for jargon. From a French word (of unknown origin, first appearing in the early 17th century) for thieves cant, now a specific form of argot. There is an alternate pronunciation, AHR-guht, that is falling out of disfavor and is now frequently cited as unacceptable, which is news to me as that was the only one I knew till today. Learn something new.
---L.
