cryptolect

Plural: cryptolects

Noun

A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant.

Examples

Cockney rhyming slang developed originally from the cryptolects of London’s thieves and vagabonds.

Origin / Etymology

From crypto- (prefix ‘hidden; secret’) + -lect (suffix denoting a language variety).

Synonyms

antilanguage, argot, cant, cryptolect

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