argot

Example Sentences

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That’s at work here, too — an effort to gather up the fragments of a woman’s life and argot and make of it something whole.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 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

He was pointing to the pandemic as proof that companies like his were genuinely dedicated to the cause, and not just indulging high-minded argot as a prophylactic against the redistribution of their wealth.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

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