thieves'+vocabulary
91Booze — Booze, meaning an alcoholic drink, is a barroom term not found in the vocabulary of the genteel. Yet for centuries it enjoyed credentials that made it, in one form or another, a commonplace word in the English language. With time, however, it… …
92slang — (n.) 1756, special vocabulary of tramps or thieves, later jargon of a particular profession (1801), of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, Cf. Norw. slengenamn nickname, slengja kjeften to abuse with words, lit. to sling the jaw …
93dialect — n 1 Dialect, vernacular, patois, lingo, jargon, cant, argot, slang denote a form of language or a style of speech which varies from that accepted as the literary standard. Dialect (see also LANGUAGE 1) is applied ordinarily to a form of a… …
94language — n 1. speech, tongue, dialect, parlance, idiolect; vernacular, common speech, vulgate, vulgar tongue; mother tongue, native tongue, parent language, linguistic stock; slang, idiom, vulgarism, colloquialism, vernacularism, archaism; patois, pidgin …
95lingo — n Informal. argot, cant, jargon, parlance; slang, idiom, terminology, phraseology, vocabulary; patois, pidgin, pidgin English, trade language, lingua franca; vernacular, dialect, tongue, talk, speech, language, shoptalk; journalese, officialese,… …
96slang — n 1. lingo, colloquialism, vernacularism, vernacular, vocabulary; provincialism, regionalism, localism; vulgarism, barbarism; Americanism, Anglicism, Briticism, Gallicism; journalese, newspaperese, legalese, medicalese, officialese, collegese,… …
97enemy — Adversary; e.g. military adversary @ enemy alien An alien residing or traveling in a country which is at war with the country of which he is a national. Enemy aliens may be interned or restricted @ enemy belligerent Citizens who associate… …
98enemy — Adversary; e.g. military adversary @ enemy alien An alien residing or traveling in a country which is at war with the country of which he is a national. Enemy aliens may be interned or restricted @ enemy belligerent Citizens who associate… …
99argot — [är′gō, är′gət] n. [Fr, orig. (in thieves jargon), the company of beggars ( argoter, to beg, prob. < ergot, claw, spur, hence orig., “get one s claws into”)] the specialized vocabulary and idioms of those in the same work, way of life, etc.,… …
100dialect — [dī′ə lekt΄] n. [L dialectus < Gr dialektos, discourse, discussion, dialect < dialegesthai, to discourse, talk < dia, between (see DIA ) + legein, to choose, talk (see LOGIC)] 1. the sum total of local characteristics of speech 2. Rare… …
