Definition of argot
: the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
He has been bombarded by thousands of scathing messages—known as being "flamed" in the argot of cyberspace.— Peter H. Lewis
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The first known use of argot was in 1825
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