secret language
Hidden communication system
A secret language is a system of communication designed to be understood only by a select group, excluding outsiders.
Children often invent secret languages like Pig Latin to share messages their parents can't follow.
The term also applies to specialized jargon or coded speech that insiders use to signal group membership or discuss matters privately in public settings.
The twins developed a secret language that baffled their teachers.
- cantSanctimonious insincerity
- argotGroup-specific coded speech
- thieves' cantCoded criminal vocabulary
- hobo signsCoded marks for vagrants
- leetspeakCharacter substitution cipher online
cipher · prison slang · slang · steganography · dead drop · spy code · glossolalia · shibboleth · encryption · Klingon · Dothraki · Na'vi · code · double meaning · clandestine · enigma · pidgin · covert
- childhood secretswhispering, pinky promise, coded messages, clubhouse, password
- slangslang, jargon, lingo, argot, cant
- secret slangargot, cant, Cockney rhyming slang, prison slang, code words
- invented speechgibberish, gobbledygook, double-talk, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo
- criminal slangprison slang, criminal code, drug slang, prison code, cant
- twin studiesidentical twins, fraternal twins, twin studies, twin bond, monozygotic
secret languageplain speech
Unembellished verbal expression
lingua franca · plain language · vernacular · universal language · standard language
secret languageplain talk
Simple, direct language
straight talk · open communication · direct speech · explicit language · unvarnished truth
secret languagecommon parlance
Ordinary, informal speech patterns
shared vocabulary · open forum · democratic discourse · inclusive language
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