ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew

Okay kiddo, have you ever heard someone use a word that you didn't understand? Well, sometimes grown-ups use words that they don't want other people to understand. This is called "canting" or using "cant."

Long ago, there were some people who used a special kind of cant that only they could understand. They were called the "canting crew." Now, if you hear people using cant today, it might be hard to understand them. So, someone made a special dictionary called "The Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew." This dictionary explains all the special words that the canting crew used in the past.

The dictionary has two parts: ancient and modern. The ancient part talks about the words that the canting crew used a long time ago. Some of these words aren't used anymore, but it's still interesting to learn about them. The modern part talks about the words that the canting crew uses today.

So, if you ever hear someone using cant and you don't understand what they're saying, you can use this special dictionary to figure it out!