kidcipher
/ˈkɪdˌsaɪfə/nounVerified NewThe rotating vocabulary young people use that functions, deliberately or not, as a code opaque to adults.
Each generation encrypts, and adults decode one cipher only to find it abandoned. The cipher's value is partly its unparsability, which keeps a permanent decryption industry employed in schools and homes.
Etym. — kid + cipher — generational cryptography in miniature.
Rel. — slanglag
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