"The secret anti-languages you're not supposed to know"

BBC future: Could you erectify a luxurimole flackoblots? Have you hidden your chocolate cake from Penelope? Or maybe you’re just going to vada the bona omi?

If you understand any of these sentences, you speak an English “anti-language”. Since at least Tudor times, secret argots have been used in the underworld of prisoners, escaped slaves and criminal gangs as a way of confusing and befuddling the authorities.

Thieves’ Cant, Polari, and Gobbledygook (yes, it’s a real form of slang) are just a few of the examples from the past – but anti-languages are mercurial beasts that are forever evolving into new and more vibrant forms.

A modern anti-language could very well be spoken on the street outside your house. Unless you yourself are a member of the “anti-society”, the strange terms would sound like nonsense. Yet those words may have nevertheless influenced your swear words, the comedy you enjoy and the music on your iPod – without you even realising the shady interactions that shaped them. (please read the whole thing)

Republican candidates choose their own Secret Service code names

One of the more inane, indulgent and unhelpful questions asked by Jake Tapper at the end evoked one of the liveliest happiest responses from all the candidates. They all answered apparently sincerely. A stupid question, I think, I was discouraged hearing it, here is how they answered.

Chris Christie: True Heart.

John Kasich: Unit One (from Ohio)

Carly Fiorina: Secretariat

Scott Walker: Harley

Jeb Bush" Everready (battery)

Donald Trump: Humble

Ben Carson: One Nation

Ted Cruz: Cohiba (cigar)

Marco Rubio: Gator (Fla. sports team)

Mike Huckabee: Duck Hunter

Rand Paul: Justice Never Sleeps

Sadly we don't know what Jindal, Pataki, Graham and Santorum would pick for their SS handles.