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A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group.[1] It may also be called a cryptolect, argot, pseudo-language, anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly in meaning; their uses are inconsistent. There are two main schools of thought on the origin of the word cant: An argot (English: /ˈɑːrɡoʊ/; from French argot [aʁɡo] 'slang') is a language used by various groups to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study, occupation, or hobby, in which sense it overlaps with jargon. In his 1862 novel Les Misérables, Victor Hugo refers to that argot as both "the language of the dark" and "the language of misery".[4] The earliest known record of the term argot in this context was in a 1628 document. The word was probably derived from the contemporary name les argotiers, given to a group of thieves at t

Cant - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Cant (language) ) Linguistic term for jargon of a group For other uses, see Cant (disambiguation) . A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. [ 1 ] It may also be called a cryptolect , argot , pseudo-language , anti-language or secret language . Each term differs slightly in meaning; their uses are inconsistent. Etymology [ edit ] There are two main schools of thought on the origin of the word cant : In linguistics , the derivation is normall

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