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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3601542" data-attributes="member: 34175">Wickiy - really, 'cant' is just jargon.  Since you use it as code to pass linguistics cues in the open, the code can be longstanding or updated on a regular basis (yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily).  ALSO, a perticular job, might use a particular cant in order to keep things on the sly even amongst those in the know.As a former cryptologist, we termed this as rotating the key - (keeping your key codes moving).  Though linguistically it isn't used as often (though the different examples herein are all great and good for a launch point in a bunch of different settings.)  The key isn't the speech, but the security.  For example, I create a code and state that every other word is the phrase word and the preceeding word is just filler -  "I want you to steal the diamond" is kind of hard to fit into a sentence without someone else figuring out that you want the person to steal the diamond. (try it and end up with something that doesn't sound like a gibberish sentence)Likewise, if my code states that everytime I say blue then I mean theft and green means murder but only on alternate Wendsdays inside of months that don't end in Z but only when the.....  Well you get the drift.  It becomes overly complicated and you risk message degradation.The rules for a good code:Simplicity - It should be simple to learnElegance - Elegant in it usageObfuscation - Completely impossible to decipher without inside knowledge or a lot of research by someone trained to do just that."Me and Jimmy were outback of the lou' when Bob dropped a penny in the well.   I thought we were dripped but good, but a candyman came down the lane and next thing you know Ol Jed's a Millionarie.  Luckily Betty was there with the thimble to pass out the kisses and cuddles."And don't bother trying to dechipher it, it's gibberish; but if you can imagine a conversation like this meaning something, then cant isn't that far from your grasp.</blockquote>

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