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argot

[ahr-goh, -guht] / ˈɑr goʊ, -gət /


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In the argot of A.I. engineers, a program “hallucinates” when it generates falsehoods.

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2022

Regardless of the language, the United Nations has its own argot, too.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2022

The object, known as 3C273 in the flavorless argot of astronomy, was 3 billion light years away, a good chunk of the way back to the Big Bang.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2022

Bennani’s work combines the frenetic surrealism of a Ryan Trecartin video, the argot of memes, Hollywood special effects and hand-held smartphone cinematography.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2021

Every human pastime—music, cooking, sports, art, theoretical physics—develops an argot to spare its enthusiasts from having to say or type a long-winded description every time they refer to a familiar concept in each other’s company.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Melding the argots of Silicon Valley and self-care, Joyous delivers treatment primarily by text message, replete with exclamation points and emojis.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

Include argots – the characteristic language of a particular group – and that number climbs ginormously.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2016

Youth slang is one of the most consistently refreshing of argots.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2016

Here are some argots peculiar to their groups.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2016

Paris he knew as you and I know the palms of our hands, and he could converse with the precision of the native-born in any one of the city's several odd argots.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph




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