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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.

oats [slang]


oats noun
sexual gratification UK, 1923
• [S]logging all the way across the old
Channel every weekend, just to get
your oats. —Mike Stott, Soldiers
Talking, Cleanly 1978

octopus [slang]


octopus noun
a sexually aggressive boy US, 1932
• — American Speech December, 1963:
‘American Indian student slang’

ofer; o-for [slang]


ofer; o-for adjective
used to describe a male pornography
performer who either cannot achieve an
erection or cannot ejaculate when needed
US, 1995
Borrowing from sports lingo, identifying the
performer as “oh” (zero) for however many
tries.
• — Adult Video News September, 1995

OK Corral [slang]


OK Corral noun
a group of men masturbating while
watching a female US, 2002
An extrapolation of the GUN DOWN image,
alluding to the site of a famous American
gun battle in 1881.
• —Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese 2002

Oklahoma toothbrush [slang]


Oklahoma toothbrush noun
the penis US, 1994
In Oklahoma, known as a ‘Texas
toothbrush’.
• —Michael Dalton Johnson, Talking
Trash with Redd Foxx 1994

old bill [slang]


old bill noun
the penis UK, 1998
• My old bill’s up and pointing at me
again now. —J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake
2000

old chap [slang]


old chap noun
the penis UK, 1992
• “I’ve shagged some fucking mingers in
my time, but I’d rather put a cheese-
grater over my knees and crawl around
in vinegar than put my old chap...”
Before Greg could finish, Arabella had
run off in tears. —Colin Butts, Is Harry
Still on the Boat? 2003

old-fashioned [slang]


old-fashioned noun
conventional vaginal intercourse US, 1971
• A “flat-backer” who offers only coitus
(“old-fashioned” or “straight”) is likely
to lose customers. —Charles Winick,
The Lively Commerce 1971