What are "argots" or what some call "verbal jazz", and how is it used across the globe? Across the globe, queer communities have relied on secret lexicons known as "argots" to communicate safely, ...

In an age of restriction and secrecy where LGBTQ+ people lived in fear, the community devised a clever system that, for the sake of this piece, I have deemed the Lavender Line. It wasn’t a physical ...

Cruise workers have their own secret language they use to communicate with one another. Code words like "oscar" are used to alert crew members of emergencies without causing mass panic. Other terms, ...