Definition: (noun) A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group.
Synonyms: jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant.
Usage: He was a natural linguist, and he kept notebooks, making a scientific study of the workers' slang or argot, until he could talk quite intelligibly.
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