(n.) A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
Example Sentences:
(1) Expert view A sneaky, bar-room blow When Alexander Lebedev said he "neutralised" a man by punching him in the face on Russian television, he echoed the dark argot of the KGB, the agency of which he was a member long before spending a slice of his fortune on the Independent and the Evening Standard.
(2) Meanwhile their two sons were trying out their own trash-talking skills in this rather bizarre green screen face off (presumably allowing chroma key footage of dinosaurs and car chases to be added in later): Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Though by the time Mayweather had endured that final bout of dad-dancing at the press conference, even the man who lives for showmanship seemed to have lost his appetite for it: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.38am BST Kevin is back All those knockdowns in the last fight were probably rather avoidable, as Kevin is quick to point out in his latest missive: The referee in the junior-feather (super-bantam in our argot) fight between Leo Santa Cruz from LA and the old Venezuelan Alexander Munoz was one Vic Drakulich.
(3) If you "blow up", to use the argot of the City, your anticipated bonus will not be paid, or it will be much reduced.
(4) It relates the battle of Waterloo and its themes of chance and destiny to the sewers through which Valjean wanders after he has left the barricades; and it links the sewers to the underground slang, the argot, which Hugo delights to record in his prose.
(5) It is hard for me with my Vietnam experience to talk with these recent warriors – the argot, the slang, of war has changed .
(6) But the Mills and Boon argot took on a decidedly less courtly colour overnight, as speculation mounted about the possibility that Clegg might spurn the Tories after all (see – it's hard not to) and return to Labour's close embrace (sorry).
(7) The quickest and most dramatic way to achieve this was by taking an over-familiar garment and, in the argot of the age, "subverting" it.
(8) And, in the dismal argot of the modern British bureaucrat, he has a transferable skill-set which has been put to good use in a rural community.
(9) When Alexander Lebedev said he "neutralised" a man by punching him in the face on Russian television, he echoed the dark argot of the KGB, the agency of which he was a member long before spending a slice of his fortune on the Independent and the Evening Standard.
(10) In the technical argot of economics, this is known as counting your chickens before they are hatched.
(11) Everyone makes a dull record occasionally.” As the 80s went on, so Smash Hits became bolder, eventually inventing its own argot, affectionately mocking the hyperbolic language of pop.
(12) In the dismal argot of the American high street, Salmond has made the SNP the go-to party for Scots on the democratic left.
(13) In the argot of the beat, the figures were "cuffed, skewed, nodded and stitched".
(14) If we appear more critical of the government than of the opposition, it is only because we believe that - excuse cricketing argot - there is no point in bowling to the fielding side.
(15) MK possesses its own argot: suburbs are “gridsquares”, cycle paths are “redways”, vertical and horizontal roads are known as V8 or H3, and the centre is CMK.
(16) "Most people will say it can't be fair for people who have no right to be here in the UK to continue to exist as everybody else does," May said last week, and that was that: to use the argot of the last Tory campaign Crosby masterminded, she's thinking what they're thinking, which is all that matters.
(17) Nothing escapes Hugo's omnivorous collage, not the argot of the criminal underworld, nor songs in dialect, nor the scraps of paper scribbled with revolutionary notes which Hugo loves quoting - incomprehensible fragments, like imported nonsense poems.
Terminology
Definition:
(n.) The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
(n.) The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
Example Sentences:
(1) These included: 1) association of infectious processes with other laboratory results; 2) a feeling of integration with the patient and health care team; and 3) the introduction of medical terminology.
(2) Certain terminologies in vogue add further to the confusion.
(3) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.
(4) The author states the terminology to be used in impedancemetry according to the different probe tone frequencies of the clinical impedancemeters and the different acoustic stimulations systems in order to obtain the acoustico-facial reflex.
(5) After a review of the bibliography on the subject of eccrine sweat gland carcinomas, the authors emphasize the confusing terminology used for the designation of these cases and the difficulties for a correct clinical and histological diagnosis of these tumors.
(6) All specimens were classified using the terminology of Azzopardi.
(7) A review of terminology is undertaken to present the reader with the distinguishing features of the personality disorder versus the anxiety disorder.
(8) The main problems are the lack of a uniform terminology and the fact that there is little unanimity concerning definitions and what may be included under individual syndromic rubrics.
(9) In this part of the chapter we have used new terminology and developed a new system for classification of sleep disorders in children.
(10) Terminology widely used in the nursing literature is clarified and research studies that address the quality of nursing care are reviewed.
(11) Because of the many disciplines involved in treatment, differences in terminology have surfaced.
(12) The terminology "flossing cleft" is suggested by the authors to describe linear or V-shaped interdental marginal tissue deformities that result from dental floss-induced injury.
(13) A desirable terminology, therefore, is one that is familiar to molecular biologists and can facilitate comparisons with other systems--immune, endocrine, nervous--where similar methods and terms are in use.
(14) The terminology indicates the name of the main vessel followed by the name of the recurrent vessel both combined in an adjective.
(15) Based on the clinical and operative findings in sixty-eight knees with acute tears of the medial compartment and cruciate ligaments, a standardized terminology and classification of knee ligament instability is presented.
(16) Terminological ambiguity is discussed, along with the detailed clinical, radiological, and operative presentations of this rare condition.
(17) The flexible design of the thesaurus facilitates frequent revision and addition of new terminology.
(18) A seven-word terminology quiz made up of words from the CUE form was also enclosed.
(19) This report agrees with Loney and Bloem (1987) that there is no consistency in the use of terminology for velopharyngeal function disorders.
(20) To determine mothers' level of comprehension of terminology used by health care providers when discussing the care of a newborn baby.