idiolect

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Recent Examples of idiolect In this way, the Delta method captures features that vary according to their authors’ idiolects. Karolina Rudnicka, Scientific American, 9 July 2025 Attackers can mimic the distinct idiolect of the target. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023 Butler appears to have picked up Elvis’s idiolect, Howell says. Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 8 Feb. 2023 Sherif’s music exists in the space between autobiographical and his own idiolect. Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2022 And then there’s his inborn ear for every shade of human babble, here a transcendent four-hander, there a screwball travelogue, everywhere argot and idiolect and argument. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020 His writing conveys an extraordinary ear for accent, rhythm, and idiolect. Maya Jasanoff, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2019 Kathleen is relentlessly animated and quick-witted, with thick tangerine hair, steely eyes, and an endearing personal idiolect that suggests both an autodidactic reading in philosophy and economics and the gusty crudity of the merchant marine. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, WIRED, 18 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiolect
Noun
  • For Minha, the biggest challenge was mastering the North Korean dialect.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Day-one fans of Taylor Swift know that the pop superstar has come a long way since launching her music career as a country singer — and that evolution is apparent in her dialect, according to speech scientists.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, analytical software has revolutionized linguistic inquiry, enabling greater understanding of the ways language works—when, how, and why words break out; the specific contexts for expressions and idioms.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Nonnas There's a saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) of 2025's Nonnas is the perfect depiction of the idiom.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The filles, mostly from larger cities, arrived with their own urban argots.
    Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
  • The basic technology is complicated enough, but the subculture—with its own particular argot and decorum—is what’s truly forbidding.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But first, the deeper history and roots of certain slang terms A number of phrases that are labeled as Gen Z lingo or internet slang today are derived from Black and drag cultures.
    Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Elliott spits her verses in patois, freeing up space on the track for the drums to get some before Cartel and M.I.A. slide through. 41.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • And so there’s West Indian patois and language and music and food.
    Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Keep your language simple, avoid jargon and use captions, ASL interpreters and visual aids.
    Elle Chan, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The medical jargon for me is the worst.
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many of the terms are Gen Z and Alpha vernacular influenced by evolving social media trends.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In academic vernacular, this refers to the gap between stated and revealed preferences.
    Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are plenty of roles available if Harry wants to work inside Disneyland or Disney California Adventure as a cast member, Disney parlance for employees.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In the parlance of the AI field, the emotional states are linear directions.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Idiolect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiolect. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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