1.伪善言辞,词源同chant, 唱,吟唱。
2.倾斜,来自PIE *kemb, 弯,转,词源同camber, change,decant.
... Slang is universal, whilst Cant is restricted in usage to certain classes of the community: thieves, vagrom men, and -- well, their associates. ... Slang boasts a quasi-respectability denied to Cant, though Cant is frequently more enduring, its use continuing without variation of meaning for many generations. [John S. Farmer, Forewords to "Musa Pedestris," 1896]
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