Usage patterns 隠いん 語ご を 使つか う to use secret/insider jargon
They used jargon that only their group understood.
〈 物もの 〉 は 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 隠いん 語ご だ X is insider slang used in a particular circle
"Hoshi" is police jargon referring to the suspect.
隠いん 語ご で 〈 事こと 〉 と 言い う to call something X in insider jargon
In that group, the police are called "satsu" in their slang.
Related words 俗語 is general colloquial or vulgar language used openly, while 隠語 is vocabulary deliberately used to hide meaning from outsiders within a specific group.
専門用語 is technical terminology used openly within a field, whereas 隠語 often carries a nuance of secrecy or exclusion of outsiders.
業界用語 is industry-specific jargon that insiders use for convenience, while 隠語 stresses concealing meaning from non-members.
スラング is casual, trendy slang used broadly among peers, whereas 隠語 is coded vocabulary meant to keep outsiders from understanding.
隠語 clearly means secret or in-group jargon, whereas カント is an obscure term that may cover this sense but is far less transparent to Japanese readers.
Written forms 隠いん 語ご Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
陰いん 語ご Usage 2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not a standard spelling.
Etymology Compound of 隠 (in, 'hidden') and 語 (go, 'word, language'). The spelling directly reflects the meaning of concealed speech.
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