κοινωνιόλεκτος — meaning in English

English meaning

• argot noun A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

Senses

κοινωνιόλεκτος is used for these senses in English:

• argot A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
• sociolect (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.

argot — full definition

1. noun A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
2. noun The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
3. noun A strongly marked style of speaking.

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