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Argot is primarily slang used by various groups, including but not limited to thieves and other criminals, to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. For Example: "He philosophized and recited baseball statistics in a Brooklyn argot that was fast-fading."
Bruce Sterling defines argot as "the deliberately hermetic language of a small knowledge clique. . . . a super-specialized geek cult language that has no traction in the real world." (See also Leetspeak )
''Argot'' is French for Slang . See also Cant (language) and Cryptolect .


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