Argot \Ar`got"\, n. [F. Of unknown origin.]
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves,
tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
argot
n : a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: cant, jargon,
slang, lingo, patois, vernacular]
WordNet (r) 2.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "argot":
Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, babble, cant, cipher, code,
cryptogram, double Dutch, garble, gibberish, gift of tongues,
glossolalia, gobbledygook, jargon, jumble, lingo, mumbo jumbo,
noise, patois, patter, phraseology, scatology, scramble,
secret language, slang, taboo language, vernacular, vocabulary,
vulgar language
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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