Word of the day: Jive

Jive: música de jazz, jargão relacionado com essa música,  fala ininteligível ou enganosa, executar ou dançar música de jazz, "swing"

Synonyms: cant, dialect, jargon, terminology, language, lingo, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary

“She grew up talking street jive.”

“I'm tired of listening to your jive.”    (www.merriamwebster.com)

Word of the day: SLOPE

Slope: declive, ladeira, rampa,  inclinação, grau de inclinação, estar inclinado, ter declive,inclinar, enviesar, fazer rampa ou ladeira, fugir, escapar

Synonyms: angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, list, pitch, slant, lean, tilt,tip, cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, slant, tilt, upgrade

“His handwriting slopes to the left.”

“They sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street.”   (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Argot

Argot: jargão, calão

Synonyms: terminology, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary  / more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group

 “All over the town there were groups of people communicating in their own secret argots.”