Thieves Cant, modern English and a revival

You don't have to go back in history for thieves cant, modern criminals speak and write in code all the time to get around the prison system for example.
 

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From the old man himself, Gygax wrote a whole book on the underworld, with an entire chapter on cant.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/The-Canting-Crew-Gary-Gygax/dp/1931275084/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333860245&sr=8-1"]The Canting Crew[/ame]

Also, if you watch movies like Gangs of New York, they show Cant in use during the movie.


...And then there's Planescape's chant, which is similar in many ways.
 

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