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Argot (French, Spanish, Catalan for "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 of study, hobby, job, sport, etc. Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively. He describes it in his novel, Les Miserables.

Sterling defines argot as "the deliberately hermetic language of a small knowledge clique... a super-specialized geek cult language that has no traction in the real world."

The earliest known recording of the term "argot" was in 1628, and the word probably derives from the name, les argotiers, given to a group of thieves at that time.

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balls noun, UK, 1325
• I joined the university karate class (not
because I wanted a code of honour but so I
could kick anyone in the balls who attacked
me when I walked home late at night).
— The Guardian 20th January 2004

clangers noun, UK, 1961
• You like real clangers? I’ll show you a pair
that gong like Big Ben! —Joseph
Wambaugh, The Secrets of Harry Bright 1985

ods noun, UK, 1632
• He don’t have cods enough to steal and all
he wants to do is stand around and whip
some gal, you know. —Bruce Jackson,
Outside the Law 1972

knackers noun, UK, 1866
From an earlier sense (castanets).
• I turned again, and – yeeeoooowww! – a
spade handle leapt up at me as I stepped
on the end of it, and gave me a resounding
whack in the crutch, right in the knackers,
de-balling me. — Alvin Purple 1974

nuts noun, US, 1863
• If another one of these chairs hits me in the
nuts, I’m gonna go postal. — Austin Powers
1999

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