Editing Slang (section)

==Early history==
{{main article|Thieves' cant}}
One early slang-like code, [[thieves' cant]], was first used in England in around the year 1600 as a way of law-breakers to communicate without the authorities knowing of what they were saying.<ref name="gymglish">{{cite web |title=A brief history of slang |url=https://blog.gymglish.com/2022/03/25/where-does-slang-come-from#:~:text=This%20secret%20cryptic%20language%20%E2%80%93%20now,%E2%80%9D%20or%20%E2%80%9Cdisreputable%E2%80%9D%20people. |website=The Gymglish Blog | date=March 25, 2022 |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>