idiolect

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Recent Examples of idiolect Attackers can mimic the distinct idiolect of the target. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023 That’s where idiolect comes into play. Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 8 Feb. 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 Sign up for the Backchannel newsletter Movies & TV Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiolect
Noun
  • Applications are now open to educators worldwide currently teaching kindergarten through high school in a public, private or charter school, who speak Spanish, Portuguese, English or any native dialect.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 28 June 2025
  • With Scottish writer George Blake’s novel, The Shipbuilders, language and dialect were tamed thanks to Sylvia’s views.
    Nicola Wilson June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Once the cast gained confidence — whether in the idiom, or in improv itself — the next challenge was, ironically, holding back.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
  • This eight-week class, with lessons on English grammar, pronunciation and idioms, is for adult (18 years and older) intermediate and advanced English learners who can have a conversation in English but want to improve their pronunciation and comprehension.
    Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Brain rot is thus a strikingly capacious term, enfolding the psychological and cognitive decay wrought by screen addiction, the bacteria-like content that feeds the addiction, and the argot of a generation for whom much of this content is made.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • That word first exploded onto the scene in World War II Britain as Royal Air Force slang for a bomb of enough penetrating power to shatterwhole blocks of homes and pavements.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • The second effort brought in 11 local partners (small, medium and large businesses) who offered practical advice on how to responsibly enjoy beaches, forests, and even Puerto Rican slang.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 18 June 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
  • There’ll be no judgment or jargon here, but real strategies to take control of your finances and build something that can change your family’s future.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 June 2025
  • Different vendors use different jargon for basically the same (or a very similar) solution.
    Tate Olinghouse, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • And Democrats’ use of four-letter vernacular says a lot about the party.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The catchphrases Gómez Bolaños penned have also become ingrained in the vernacular of many countries.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Comparing prices per unit In supermarket parlance, unit price is what a product costs per ounce or pound or liter.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • Or in the old school negotiating parlance: leverage.
    Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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“Idiolect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiolect. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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