argot

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The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon

The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash
{i} specialized vocabulary developed by a group of people (often for the purpose of private or secret communication)
the jargon of a group or class; slang
Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture (p 81)
\Ar'got"\, n A secret language or conventional slang of a particular group
An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand. the argot of teenagers. footballing argot. expressions used by a particular group of people = jargon
The jargon, slang or peculiar phraseology of a class; originally that of thieves and vagabonds
The specialized vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
argots
plural of argot
argot
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