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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.

prostitute


PROSTITUTE

baby pro noun, US, 1961
a very, very young prostitute
• —Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in
the Black Market 1978

boom-boom girl noun, US, 1966
• The rest of the day was spent in finding a
boom-boom girl. —Charles Anderson,
The Grunts 1976

dirty leg noun, US, 1966
a woman with loose sexual mores; a common
prostitute
• A dirty leg is the $5 or $10 trick. —Bruce
Jackson, In the Life 1972

flatback noun, US, 2002
• [U]nlike some of his peers, he didn’t take
just any ho – he liked his flatbacks clean
and innocent-looking. —Tracy Funches,
Pimpnosis 2002

hard leg noun, US, 1967
an experienced, cynical prostitute
• —Kenn ‘Naz’ Young, Naz’s Underground
Dictionary 1973

mudkicker noun, US, 1932
a prostitute, especially of the street-walking
variety
• She was three-quarter Kelsey with mossy
glossy hair / she was a stompdown
mudkicker and her mug was fair. —Bruce
Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and
Swim Like Me 1964

pross; pros noun, UK, 1905
• Several of her stable prosses were
chatting over too hot cups of coffee, eager
to break luck, anxious for Leila to tell
them where to turn the first trick of their
workday. —Emmett Grogan, Final Score
1976

racehorse noun, US, 1972
an accomplished, sought-after prostitute
• [A] young what-they-call “racehorse,” she’d
have run in there, got her $20, and have
been back in fifteen minutes. —Bruce
Jackson, Outside the Law 1972

anus / rectum


ANUS/RECTUM

ass cunt noun, US, 1974
• Wowee, will you look at that little white
kid’s ass-cunt. That’s a cherry if I ever saw
one. —Piri Thomas, Seven Long Times 1974

back door; backdoor noun, UK, 1694
• She says, “Sweetie, I ain’t gonna go three
way with you for no sawbuck. You gotta
gimme fifteen.” He says, “I’ll spring for that
if you can guarantee a tight back door and
quim.” —Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom
Fox 1978

brown eye noun, US, 1954
• The video continues as Stag fucks Trinity’s
brown eye while she finishes reaming North.
— Adult Video August/September, 1986

chocolate highway noun, US, 1977
• I rode her chocolate highway in eighth gear
—Zane, Carmel Flava 2006

dirtbox noun, UK, 1984
• Is this love at first sight? / I’ll let you know
when I’ve seen her dirt-box. —Susan
Nickson, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of
Crisps, 12th April 2004

Hershey Bar route noun, US, 1973
• I ordered him into the shower because of
the idea of sleeping with him after he’d
gone the Hershey Bar route hardly turned
me on. —Xaviera Hollander, Xaviera
1973

poop chute; poop shute; poop shooter noun,
US, 1970
• And if you inform him that your poop chute
is a one-way street, he’s gotta respect that,
or he won’t get a taste of your sweet lovin’!
— Seattle Weekly 9th August 2001