argot

noun /ˈɑːɡəʊ/

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.

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?"

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry argot (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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