# Question abput Paul Ryan's use of the word "litigate"

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**Created:** [May 20, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-abput-paul-ryans-use-of-the-word-litigate/755203 "2016-05-20T02:46:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-abput-paul-ryans-use-of-the-word-litigate/755203/21 "2016-05-20T15:46:25Z")

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cant

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> the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.:  
> the cant of the fashion industry.

argot

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> the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group:  
> sociologists’ argot.

jargon

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> the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group:

It really doesn’t matter whether you would use the term in this way or whether you approve the term used in this way _if_ it is a normal part of the cant or argot or jargon of politicians. Specialized vocabularies often are confusing to outsiders. That does not invalidate them in any way.

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