argot
Example Sentences
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Some considered her quétaine, cheesy in Québécois argot.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022
In the argot of A.I. engineers, a program “hallucinates” when it generates falsehoods.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Characters speak in modern slang, Shakespearean verse, ’80s pop lyrics and that timeless argot of clumsy melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Regardless of the language, the United Nations has its own argot, too.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022
Every human pastime—music, cooking, sports, art, theoretical physics—develops an argot to spare its enthusiasts from having to say or type a long-winded description every time they refer to a familiar concept in each other’s company.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
