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argot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of argot

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

used the argot of figure skaters

Synonyms of argot

cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, terminology, vocabulary

Words Related to argot

colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism

bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble

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