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== Real Life ==
* Most jargons are at least vaguely understandable by others, but Cockney rhyming slang is generally considered completely impenetrable, as the already bizarre terminology is made more incomprehensible by thick accents.
* [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari |Polari:]] not exactly jive, but a mixture of pig latin, Rom and backslang very popular amongst the theatrical and gay communities in the 1950s. The comic characters [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_and_Sandy:Julian and Sandy|Julian and Sandy]], from ''[[Round the Horne (Radio)|Round the Horne]]'', were the best known practititoners of it in the popular media.
* Also, "[[Irish Traveller|Pikey]]" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/ "It ain't English an' it ain't Irish. Iss jus' .... Pikey"]
* Dean Andrews, the man best known for being hired as Lee Harvey Oswald's lawyer before Oswald was murdered. He was widely known for his ridiculous "hepcat" phrases and permanent sunglasses, and John Candy's performance as him in ''JFK'' follows suit.
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