code-switching

noun

code-switch·​ing ˈkōd-ˌswi-chiŋ 

: the act or practice of changing one's speech, behavior, etc. to suit different social or cultural contexts

… Black office workers were more likely than white workers to say they preferred remote work, because it reduced the need for code-switching (changing behavior in different contexts) and increased their sense of belonging at work.

—Claire Cain Miller

specifically, linguistics : a switching from the linguistic system of one language or dialect to that of another (as for different social or cultural contexts)

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for code-switching

• bewitching
• enriching
• bitching
• ditching
• hitching
• itching
• pitching
• stitching
• switching
• twitching
• witching