Argot
noun1
An inhabitant or resident of Argos.
argot
nounalso spelled ArgotUK /ˈɑːɡəʊ/ · US /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.
1
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
- Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 338 of 338–339:
2
The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
- The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.
3
A strongly marked style of speaking.
- Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 232:
- Derived terms
- argotic