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the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating
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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the shorthand medical lingo that the hospital staffers use with one another
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Recent Examples of lingo
Star Trek Trekkie Lingo Prompting An unusual discovery by researchers showcased that using Star Trek Trekkie lingo in your prompts can improve generative AI results.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
This is often just a matter of learning the lingo of the other field, but there can also be subtle differences in how the same words are used.
—Edward Rothberg, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
This milestone is a decision point in contracting lingo where the customer—in this case, NASA—places a firm order for a deliverable.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
For those who don’t understand wrestling lingo, know this: Gutierrez is ultra-aggressive.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
This is often just a matter of learning the lingo of the other field, but there can also be subtle differences in how the same words are used.
—Edward Rothberg, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
This milestone is a decision point in contracting lingo where the customer—in this case, NASA—places a firm order for a deliverable.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
For those who don’t understand wrestling lingo, know this: Gutierrez is ultra-aggressive.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingo
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The worst insults in his vocabulary, however, remain G-rated.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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With pan dulce baking in the oven and music in the air, this bilingual song introduces little ones to the joy of cooking with loved ones, family traditions, and beginner Spanish vocabulary.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
8 May 2025
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While the terminology might not be scientific, there’s ample research that lends support to the idea as a whole.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Working on a film or television set is no different, in fact, often the most experienced players in these environments are recognized by their use of such terminology.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Proponents have long invoked civil rights language to promote vouchers, a disturbing rhetorical choice given vouchers originated as a tool for southern white parents to avoid the Supreme Court's desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Police did say what led to the altercation, but sources told TMZ that Saitta and his group had been repeatedly harassing Von and using threatening language.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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Many learners struggle with deciding whether to focus on MSA or a regional dialect, which impacts their ability to communicate effectively in real-world scenarios.—
Geoffrey Alphonso,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Koine Greek—the dialect of the New Testament—was then the lingua franca of the eastern-Mediterranean world, although, of course, familiarity with it ranged from erudite scholarship to learning a few words for the sake of haggling in the marketplace.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The taste, a pink electrocution of the tongue, was indescribable—and there was a version that was more so?—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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As bats were swinging, tongues were wagging about Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s ruling that bans by the MLB end at death.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
12 May 2025
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The name of the new bourbon is Darts, which is a slang term for cigarettes that seems to be more common among Canadians and Australians than Americans.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
4 May 2025
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But the nature of all idioms is that their meaning cannot be deduced from their components; the phrase kicked the bucket does not put the English speaker in the mind of an actual bucket, just as the word death does not remind him terribly of the letter D.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Best known as a savvy drummer deeply versed in a broad swath of pre-World War II idioms like ragtime, Delta blues, and swing, Devine is at home surrounded by the artifacts and ephemera that captured the sounds and spirit of that era.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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“Lingo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingo. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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