The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-06 19:58:43.

Original Title: TIL that from the 1800s through the 1970s, a secret pseudo-language was used amongst British entertainers, sailors, and criminals. It was a mixture of Italian, Romani, Yiddish and rhyming slang, and originated the modern slang terms “acdc,” “butch,” “camp,” “ogle” and others.