| 单词 | argot |
| 释义 | argot (once / 20809 pages) n Argot is language particular to a specific group. It can mean a kind of slang, a technical language or a code. In high school, only those who spend their time studying computer manuals could understand the argot of the computer lab kids. The word argot was originally used to describe the slang of thieves and rogues, who spoke in sneaky ways that the upright citizen couldn’t understand. We can also use argot to describe less criminal kinds of vocabularies. Any specialized practice can create an argot: boxers talk of bodyshots and jabs, just as grammar teachers complain of split infinitives and dangling participles. WORD FAMILYargot USAGE EXAMPLESThose single, loose cigarettes are the ones often referred to in street argot as “loosies.” Washington Post(Dec 17, 2016) All the other connections — bold colors, explicit titles, the use of jazz argot — are superficial. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) At the same time, Brandon, who occasionally narrates the film, raps his story in a hard-boiled hip-hop argot. New York Times(Sep 08, 2016) n a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) Syn|Hypo|Hyper cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular street name slang for something (especially for an illegal drug) rhyming slangslang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
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