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acrolect

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Definition of acrolect

as in mother tongue

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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

There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.

— Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
The Dodgers acquired Skubal in an abundantly predictable bombshell trade with the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a trio of prospects, wanting to test the idiom that a ballclub can never have enough pitching.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of idiom

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With so many speakers in different places, Spanish has developed ten different main dialects.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Others argued that the characters should be speaking with Greek accents or even in an ancient Greek dialect to honor the source material’s roots in Greek mythology.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 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

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In response, the town shifted its marketing to late-night booze-ups and wedding parties (known, in British parlance, as stag dos and hen dos), and subsequently grew a reputation as a sandcastle Sodom.

— George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
In OpenAI's current parlance, a plugin is a bundle of apps, instructions, role-specific skills, and recurring workflows rather than an external application or a folder of sample prompts.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of parlance

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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

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Bugs, with his carrot-chomping patter, naturally brought out the character’s talkative side in their occasional matchups.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
The boosted bass gets a little overbearing when the kick drum is at a constant patter, particularly during the mounting crescendo near the end, which creates something of a muddy swell in the lower register.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of patter

Noun

Although the vernacular of prog rock has been an important part of Mastodon’s sound for the past 20 years, the group’s adventurous soloing comes even more to the fore on Marrow Deep.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
The electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOL in aerospace vernacular, generally will carry four passengers and a pilot.

— Pat Maio, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

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