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 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!
As Don Imus’s sidekick used to say “by the end of this battle with Obama, the b!tch will have corn rows and gold teeth”
He should have said: What’s worse Murtha — joking about an IED or calling our Marines murderers in all seriousness?
Yeah, too bad our politicians have no idea how to attract businesses/jobs and in fact deter them.
Good gravy - I go out for an hour and all heck breaks loose........
Good morning all!!!!
As Chelsea jons Hillary!ous on the trail, she learns to give the ARGOT sign for...
"Look out Mom, It's another Monica question!!!
oh, i can use my previous post as homework, showing the Pittsburgh patois is indeed an argot : )
I heard him singing “Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” this morning.
TMI!
A+ for demonstrating the WFTD!
thanks : )
Hi Gabz. How’s life this morning?
Good one! A+
I'm not sure yet...........it's been a weird morning, and it's still early :)
It’s raining steadily here.
Can the “l33+”-speak and keyboard shortcuts used in cell texting and instant messaging be considered Esc-argot?
Oh good!
That round object is just a guy’s bald head....
(For a moment there, I thought Chelsea was lifting her shirt for the camera....)
You, dear sir, are bringing up entirely too arcane references!
I go, Yugo, Ego, Vastie go, neogo ....We all go escargo in the vango to see how de paintings go.
As the fast Roman flyer used to say, “I came, I saw, I Concorded.”
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