Meanings
nouncryptolanguage (plural cryptolanguages)
plural cryptolanguages
- human sciencesA secret language.
The history of cant lexicography has contributed in part to a widely held misconception about slang, namely, that slang is used as a secret language known only to the members of a select group: that slang is a crypto-language.
1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page vii
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cryptolanguage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptolanguage
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“cryptolanguage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptolanguage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptolanguage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptolanguage.
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