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used the argot of figure skaters
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Recent Examples of argot
In fact, to use the argot of finance as well as meteorology, it might be said that as of Friday afternoon, Washington was officially about 28 percent below average atmospheric liquidity.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, How to Say Babylon, poet Safiya Sinclair recounts her upbringing in Jamaica—a life under livity, to use the argot of her parents’ adoptive Rastafarian tradition.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 1 Aug. 2023
These are the argot of the trade for just about any statesman or practitioner of diplomacy, politics, and business.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2022
In the argot of the credit bureaus, tradelines are just another word for all the accounts listed on a credit report — credit cards, loans and mortgages are all tradelines.
—Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, How to Say Babylon, poet Safiya Sinclair recounts her upbringing in Jamaica—a life under livity, to use the argot of her parents’ adoptive Rastafarian tradition.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 1 Aug. 2023
These are the argot of the trade for just about any statesman or practitioner of diplomacy, politics, and business.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2022
In the argot of the credit bureaus, tradelines are just another word for all the accounts listed on a credit report — credit cards, loans and mortgages are all tradelines.
—Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for argot
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Sometimes, they're stated in legal terminology that's hard to decipher.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Mirror the terminology used in the job posting to reflect your alignment with the company’s objectives.Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jones and Brody learned Hungarian and worked with a dialect coach for the movie.Carole Horst, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Turns out, dat good ole dialect is a put-on: James speaks like a professor.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Exposure to a broad vocabulary enhances language skills.Harrison Monarth, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Of the many topics Everett covers—which include space, number, and object categorization—the most fascinating is probably sensory vocabulary.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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From juggling after-school activities to trying to keep up with your teen's latest slang, raising children comes with its own set of stressors.Libby Ryan, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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Millennial slang was born out of early blogging platforms, text message shorthand and an of-its-time sense of humor, millennial slang has dominated conversations.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Use neutral, factual language to ensure the message remains honest and unbiased.Tina Gada, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Argot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/argot. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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