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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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1 posted on 04/26/2007 4:59:10 AM PDT by secret garden
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To: secret garden; Fierce Allegiance; JoanVarga; Jack Deth; K4Harty; miskie; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; ...

Rise and shine!


2 posted on 04/26/2007 4:59:44 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden

I have risen, I have shown, I have charges pending.


3 posted on 04/26/2007 5:03:11 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist

see you in the slam : )


4 posted on 04/26/2007 5:09:48 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden

When I was a kid I loved the story of Jason and the Argotnauts. A bunch of sweaty Greek men on a boat doing manly things. Almost as much fun as a gladiator movie.


5 posted on 04/26/2007 5:13:54 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Beebers stuned - $5. Two for $8.)
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To: secret garden

Good Morning!

Argot? Yeah, I know about that. It grows on wheat and if you eat it, you go crazy.


6 posted on 04/26/2007 5:17:52 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (I know where I have gone wrong, and I can cite it, chapter and verse.)
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To: secret garden
1. A specialized and often secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group.

The Creole language is an example of an argot.

7 posted on 04/26/2007 5:20:24 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: raybbr

Cochon! What you be suckin’ all dem crawfish heads fo’, cher?


8 posted on 04/26/2007 5:23:08 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Beebers stuned - $5. Two for $8.)
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To: theDentist
Yikes!
9 posted on 04/26/2007 5:23:37 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: xsmommy
Can you spring him?
10 posted on 04/26/2007 5:24:20 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: CholeraJoe
Cochon! What you be suckin’ all dem crawfish heads fo’, cher?

Where is the Word For the Day in there?

:^)

11 posted on 04/26/2007 5:25:30 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: CholeraJoe
That and your tagline earn you the first A of the day!
12 posted on 04/26/2007 5:25:39 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: raybbr

I ain’t got no boudin, cher. Argot andouille $3 per pound.


13 posted on 04/26/2007 5:27:29 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Beebers stuned - $5. Two for $8.)
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To: secret garden; theDentist
i baked him a cake with a saw inside


14 posted on 04/26/2007 5:27:48 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: All
While all of you are checking in this morning, we are looking for someone to step up and offer to take over the heavy lifting for the Tuesday WFTD.

Thank you,
The Subs
15 posted on 04/26/2007 5:28:00 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: CholeraJoe
Wasn't that the movie that had that stupid metallic/robot owl...? Lord, I hated that movie....
16 posted on 04/26/2007 5:29:28 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist

I thought the robot owl was in “Clash of the Titans.”


17 posted on 04/26/2007 5:30:35 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Beebers stuned - $5. Two for $8.)
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To: xsmommy

Thanks xs. I told them the balcony shades were broken in that open position, but they wouldn’t listen.


18 posted on 04/26/2007 5:31:43 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: CholeraJoe

Might be... I could be wrong


19 posted on 04/26/2007 5:32:57 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: secret garden
Missus Clinton's use of argot when meeting with African Americans is both condescending and hillarious. The only way it could be more of both is if she wore a head thing like Aunt Jamima.
20 posted on 04/26/2007 5:36:49 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (A proud member of the Frederalist society.)
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