On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Vitaliy wrote:

> John Gardner wrote:
> > On 3/16/08, Jinx <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> >> > incomprehensible appreciations of each other's argot
> >>
> >> Now there's a word you don't hear every day
> >>
> >> Argot - n, Fr. Etymology unknown. Low, popular slang, esp
> >> of Paris, specif thieves' slang
> >>
> >> Argot - n, the vocabulary peculiar to a particular group of
> >> people, esp that of an underworld group
> >>
> >> Hey ! I resemble that remark !
> >>
> >> Popular, peculiar, particular
> >>
> >> Not so much a tea leaf, Parisite or Morlock though
> >
> > ROTFL - thanks Joe
> 
> I know it's not as funny when someone has to explain it to you... but I 
> really want to know why John is rolling on the floor, laughing. :) 

resemble - should be "resent" - the misuse showing that that person thinks 
they are "superior" and getting it wrong.

tea leaf - slang for thief
parasite - misunderstanding of what Etymology means
Morlock - underground dweler from H.G. Wells' "time machine" - "superior" 
thing again but this time with underground / underworld

Regards
Sergio Masci
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