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argot vs. jargon
My take is that argot starts off as slang and becomes a sort of private language amongst certain groups over a wide spectrum. Victor Hugo devoted a whole book to the subject in Les Misérables. The rhyming slang we have often seen discussed in AWAD is a kind of argot. That it is often used by criminals gets it into the secretive area noted.
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