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Word for the Day, Monday, January 16, 2012-- argot
1/16/12 | xs

Posted on 01/16/2012 5:19:19 AM PST by xsmommy

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; noun

1. a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves' argot. 2. the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group: sociologists' argot.

Etymology: 1860, from Fr. argot (17c.) "the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves," earlier "the company of beggars," from M.Fr., "group of beggars," origin unknown. The Eng. equivalent is cant. The Ger. equivalent is Rotwelsch, lit. "Red Welsh," but the first element may be connected with M.H.G. rot "beggar."

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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....




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Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

Farewell, Huntsman and his smarmy Mandarin. Hearing the leftists discuss him, in their own peculiar argot, is laughable.

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

No pushing at the door please!

1 posted on 01/16/2012 5:19:22 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: mikrofon; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; MoochPooch; sig226; IAGreywolf; Conspiracy Guy; Laura Earl; ...

beyond nippy here. come in and get warm!


2 posted on 01/16/2012 5:21:04 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Cogito argot sum.


3 posted on 01/16/2012 5:30:09 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

I try to write Modern Music,
But the “Gangsta” Argot escapes me.


4 posted on 01/16/2012 5:31:49 AM PST by left that other site
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To: xsmommy

The most popular argot these days appears to consist of strings of letters.

Who knew Morse code would become popular again?

Stop.


5 posted on 01/16/2012 5:36:01 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If "everybody's different" then two of them have to be the same. It's the only way to be different.)
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To: xsmommy
Argot assuring aforewarned assisting assaults.



6 posted on 01/16/2012 5:45:23 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: xsmommy

For the first time in my life, my government is under the control of a President who deliberately surrounded himself with an argot of advisers lacking the brains, integrity, and legal guidance that should be the basic requirements of such a position.


7 posted on 01/16/2012 5:47:50 AM PST by theDentist (FYBO/FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: xsmommy

The liberals use their sneaky argot
To camouflage socialist cargo
Doublespeak, parsing words
Talking points—mynah birds
Works in Boston but rarely in Fargo


8 posted on 01/16/2012 5:48:39 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (How bad would an Obama II administration be, without the constraints of re-election?)
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To: SoothingDave

You had to go and bring math into it, Dintcha? ; )


9 posted on 01/16/2012 5:52:05 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: left that other site

Great line from a Fat Joe song, “what’s love gotta do with a little ménage...”. LOL. a++++


10 posted on 01/16/2012 5:53:46 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: NicknamedBob

WTF? ; )A+++


11 posted on 01/16/2012 5:54:43 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Diogenesis

Good Grief he’s such a goof A+++


12 posted on 01/16/2012 5:55:29 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
I recently (Saturday?) had the inclination to look up "argot" on my eBook's embedded dictionary.

To wit:

... said Aunt Dahlia, returning for the nonce to the hearty _argot_
of the hunting field, "everything's been at sixes and sevens..."

Right Ho, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse
(Gutenberg.org)

13 posted on 01/16/2012 5:56:11 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: theDentist

Re-check the definition ....


14 posted on 01/16/2012 5:56:23 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Calvin Locke

Very cool! Extra credit for you A+++++


15 posted on 01/16/2012 5:57:26 AM PST by xsmommy
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Fo’ Shizzle! LOL! The following Line is in the Argot known as “Ebonics”:

Yo, Bro, Ho De Do Fo De Po Ho on de Flo.

Translation:

Greetings, My Compatriot! Would You Please extend a Gentlemanly kindness to the Unfortunate woman of questionable virtue, who has apparently lost her balance and is supine.


16 posted on 01/16/2012 6:05:48 AM PST by left that other site
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To: xsmommy; SoothingDave
You had to go and bring math into it, Dintcha? ; )

Are you putting Descartes before the horse?

17 posted on 01/16/2012 6:07:08 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (How bad would an Obama II administration be, without the constraints of re-election?)
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To: left that other site

Hilarious!


18 posted on 01/16/2012 6:07:36 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa1rjCZxtxo


19 posted on 01/16/2012 6:10:26 AM PST by left that other site
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

LOL!


20 posted on 01/16/2012 6:11:50 AM PST by xsmommy
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