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Word For The Day, Thursday, April 26, 2007 - argot
dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | April 26, 2007 | secret garden

Posted on 04/26/2007 4:59:07 AM PDT by secret garden



In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

argot \AHR-go; -gut\, noun
1. A specialized and often secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group.
2. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds.

Example sentences:
No one likes jargon, especially other people's jargon, and few bodies of professional lingo are less beloved than the argot of educators.
-- Howard Gardner, The Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand

The side road was a bit narrow but in good repair. But as happened from time to time, the last few miles to our destination, in this case the park, were unpaved--"unsealed" in Aussie argot.
-- Don Langley, "Life in the Vast Lane", Los Angeles Times, November 14, 1999

In the argot of geology, paleomagnetic specialists are sometimes called paleomagicians.
-- John Mcphee, Annals of the Former World

Etymology:
Argot is from the French, a word for slang.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!


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To: SoothingDave
"Sponsored by Liptor"
101 posted on 04/26/2007 11:13:15 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Your words are tooooo hard :^)

OK, my contribution...

...My grandmother always used Argo (t) starch on our clothes :))

I know....time out for me in the corner!

102 posted on 04/26/2007 11:56:57 AM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President, 2008!!)
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To: martin_fierro

it is hilarious! i wish i had such a letter!


103 posted on 04/26/2007 12:17:22 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave; Hegewisch Dupa
HD would fall in love with this one too...

Leslie L. Donovan Bereft of middle name, this Catholic Schoolgirl-turned Bar Vixen has wowed patrons with stellar service as a barista and bartendress in the Pittsburgh area for many years. Though born in the early part of the 19th century, Leslie is holding up well, according to many observations. She is the author and illustrator of “Putting the ‘Fun’ Back Into Funeral – A Goth’s Guide to Social Engagement”. A stickler for grammar, Leslie manages the bar and serves as Secretary of Barrel of Monkeys, LLC

104 posted on 04/26/2007 12:19:42 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden
argot

The hip hop, argot using, Rapper's noise,
is confusing, demoralizing, and crass.
The language of the streets is at best
unintelligent
and smart ass.
It's a cultural thing, a 21st. Century slide
backward that is not cool, or smooth, nor hep.

Just MHO, from a poet's muse. ;)

105 posted on 04/26/2007 12:20:52 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....when my feathers are dry.)
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To: xsmommy
hey oh way to go ohio....


106 posted on 04/26/2007 12:21:24 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (A proud member of the Frederalist society. Mitt's good too.)
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To: NeoCaveman

what the hell is 5 date rule????


107 posted on 04/26/2007 12:22:47 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

It’s a joke. They’re not teaching abstinence anymore, they’re teaching kids to wait at least five dates before “putting out.”


108 posted on 04/26/2007 12:47:46 PM PDT by SoothingDave (Eugene Gurkin was a janitor, cleaning toilets for The Man)
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To: SoothingDave

my poor little coneheaded baby dog is home, btw. : )


109 posted on 04/26/2007 12:49:16 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

“Elizabethan collar.”


110 posted on 04/26/2007 12:58:02 PM PDT by SoothingDave (Eugene Gurkin was a janitor, cleaning toilets for The Man)
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To: SoothingDave

she doesn’t look too elizabethan, just sad. no romping, no stairs, leash only, no jumping up or down from furniture, for 2 weeks.


111 posted on 04/26/2007 12:59:24 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

loosh seems quite happy to have her back, kept sniffing her face inside the collar and then was fascinated and wanting to sniff the boo-boo area.


112 posted on 04/26/2007 1:00:38 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Soaring Feather

A+ for you. Nothing aggravates me more than listening to my children spout street talk. I remind them they are white kids from suburbia and they aren’t fooling anyone.


113 posted on 04/26/2007 1:19:46 PM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: SoothingDave; xsmommy
This guy practices the less than one date rule


114 posted on 04/26/2007 1:33:01 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (A proud member of the Frederalist society.)
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To: NeoCaveman

Rachel, what were you thinking???


115 posted on 04/26/2007 1:34:07 PM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden

Since argot is the language of a specific culture, wouldn’t the liberals complain that it’s elitist?

Just wondering how far they’d go to restrict speech.


116 posted on 04/26/2007 1:44:51 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: secret garden; NeoCaveman

where are his hands?


117 posted on 04/26/2007 2:18:35 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden

Home from work and getting ready to grill some catfish-

In the argot of the left
“Discussion” means “defeat”
So they can just parse the term
And not take any heat

When the enemy is encouraged
By the cowards’ perceived gains
And send more terrorists over here
To crash a few more planes

I really wish the generals
Could tell them where to go-
Preferably far away from here
With their traveling surrender show


118 posted on 04/26/2007 2:26:51 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: xsmommy

How is Chanel coping with her headgear? Is she eating okay?


119 posted on 04/26/2007 2:57:16 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: secret garden

In the argot of the law enforcement community, I am now known as the Defendant. Last night I ran out about midnight to get a pack of smokes. When I got to the 7-11, I realized I forgot my wallet. I had about $50.00 worth of change in the console, so I ran in. After the clerk took what seemed to be half an hour counting a handful of quarters, she let me go. And when I started my car, I noticed one of the headlights had just failed.

Boynton Beach’s finest was on the job, in the argot of countless stupid cop tv shows where they never pull anyone over just because they are bored. Fortunately, I had my gun in a fanny pack, and I had slipped the strap and put it on the passenger seat. Carrying concealed without permit in hand here in Florida is a no - no, but a loaded handgun securely encased while travelling in a vehicle is completely legal.

Three cops later, I get a ticket for failing to carry my DL. I can show the DL to the court clerk and reduce the fine to $7.50, thus showing them that I in fact have a valid DL, which they already knew anyway.

Meanwhile, one of the three cops was advised by radio that I have a carry permit, in addition to a valid Florida DL. While he was shining his flashlight on my right hand, he demanded, “Hey, where’s your other hand?”

I knew right away that it would be bad to tell him that my other hand was attached to my other arm, which was hanging out the window in full view of the 900,000 candlepower spotlight on the police car. In the argot of that neighborhood, that is dissing the po po, and it rarely turns out well. In more argot of the law enforcement community, the Defendant complied with a request to demonstrate that he was not preparing to use a weapon, pursuant to the arm’s length search rule in Chimel v. California.

And so, with my freshly signed and newly issued travel documents in hand, I was dismissed by my town’s finest, only to drive about a block down the road and have the stupid headlight come back on. The wire harness was loose.

In the argot of South Florida, $%$^*) and @#$&+ and >*#%$?&!!!


120 posted on 04/26/2007 3:05:22 PM PDT by sig226 (Where did my tag line go?)
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