France’s suburbs have coined a lexicon of their own, and that’s annoying the nation’s language watchdogs. When a suburban youth says “boite de six,” he means a police van packed with cops like a box ...

Why do I need to know argot? Because if you read The Local’s word of the day consistently, you’ll see we use this word quite a lot. Argot - roughly pronounced are-go - is a French word you might hear ...

The French are often accused of being reactionary when it comes to new words entering their sacred language but the author of a new book on the subject tells The Local that slang is a real chance to ...

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Argot sits in the forbidden corners of language, where creativity thrives, shrouded by a cloak of linguistic abandon There are between 6,500 and 7,000 languages spoken worldwide. Include argots – the ...