{{For|the fungus|Ergot}}
'''Argot''' ([[French language|French]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "[[slang]]") is primarily slang used by various groups, including but not limited to thieves and other criminals, to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations.

[[Victor Hugo]] was one of the first to research argot extensively [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/popcorn/convicts2.html]. He describes it in his novel, ''[[Les Misérables]]'', as the language of the dark; at one point, he says, {{cquote|What is argot; properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery.}}

[[Bruce 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." For example: "He philosophized and recited baseball statistics in a Brooklyn argot that was fast-fading."

==See also==
{{Wiktionarypar|argot}}
*[[Barallete]]
*[[Bargoens]]
*[[Bron (language)|Bron]]
*[[Caló]]
*[[Cant (language)|Cant]]
*[[Cockney rhyming slang]]
*[[Cryptolect]]
*[[Doublespeak]]
*[[African_American_Vernacular_English|Ebonics]]
*[[Fala dos arxinas]] ([[Verbo dos arginas]])
*[[Gacería]]
*[[Gail language|Gail]]
*[[Germanía]]
*[[Klezmer-loshn]]
*[[Language game]]
*[[Leet]]
*[[:Category:LGBT argot|LGBT argot]]
*[[Louchebem]]
*[[Nadsat]]
*[[Pig Latin]]
*[[Polari]]
*[[Rotwelsch]]
*[[Šatrovački]]
*[[Shibboleth]]
*[[Variety (linguistics)]]
*[[Verlan]]
*[[Yeshivish]]
*[[Xíriga]]

[[Category:Cant languages| Agrot]]
[[Category:Folklore]]

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