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acrolect

noun

Definition of acrolectnext
as in mother tongue

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  1. mother tongue
  2. idiom
  3. dialect
  4. jargon
  5. parlance
  6. slang
  7. patter
  8. vernacular
Noun
  • Acting was entirely new territory, but there was a comfort level in the role being Thai and her character speaking both English and her mother tongue.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
  • To clarify his point, the festival regular must cite his mother tongue.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Definition of mother tongue
Noun
  • Cinema is, after all, a language, and Belgian filmmakers come from a country built on the need to understand language as a bridge—between its regions, its people, and its idioms.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The multigenerational family epic is one of my favorite kinds of novels, and Min Jin Lee is a master of that idiom.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of idiom
Noun
  • Its traditional dialect, Brusselian, was the only language that was neither just Germanic nor just Romance, but both Germanic and Romance.
    — Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Owner and chef Stefania Marchesini, who fished professionally herself for 11 years, pays a premium to local fishermen, especially for soft-shell crabs known in the local dialect as moeche.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • Coming in at around ten thousand words and littered with political science jargon, the study from Gilens and Page was an unfortunate example of academic overwriting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While the granting or denial of a stay might sound like legal jargon, there are real-world implications at stake.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of jargon
Noun
  • The Kremlin can present demonstrations of military power, even without a victory, as proof of Russian independence in international affairs—sovereignty, in Putin’s parlance.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way.
    — Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of parlance
Noun
  • Young artists like the members of the Chilean boy band Q_ARE are fusing these elements with Latin music styles, Spanish and English lyrics and Chilean slang to pioneer a uniquely Latino pop subgenre.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The latest slang to capture the Gen Z zeitgeist is a way to say poser, try-hard or fraud.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of slang
Noun
  • Just ask Daniel Radcliffe, who landed the award two years ago largely thanks to that release valve of a patter song.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, people talked generously, in bland motivational patter, about the potential of the scene.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of patter
Noun
  • Kuechly needs to explain some football vernacular a little more.
    — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Over Taiwanese breakfast, Claira Janover, a lively 28-year-old working for the AI fashion start-up Phia, is explaining the latest vernacular from Wasia.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of vernacular
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“Acrolect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrolect. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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