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lingo

noun

ˈliŋ-(ˌ)gō

Definition of lingo

as in vocabulary

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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as in terminology

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 And do stop trying to inflict your dreadful lingo on our game. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Competing fairgoers recommended learning from someone skilled in the game's lingo rather than looking up the rules (which the Register did to prepare for this story). — Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 15 Aug. 2026 Drawing those links between, say, Washington moves on tariffs or taxes and the cost of a gallon of gas won’t get lost in a cloud of Wall Street lingo. — Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The stone is halo-set on a pavé band—jewelry lingo for having a ring of small white diamonds encircling the stone and covering the band. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for lingo

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Noun

In her view, English has too thin a vocabulary for this thing humans have grappled with across time and cultures, a desire that may predate any language or creed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
The rooms borrow design vocabulary from Jaipur’s forts and palaces, including thikri (mirror) work and pichwai murals.

— Shalbha Sarda, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of vocabulary

Noun

The proactive approach will be particularly useful over the next couple of weeks as Downs masters the terminology.

— Pete Sweeney November 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2026
In addition to wanting to give guys better underwear options, Mortensen said his brand mission also is to give them the terminology to talk about their needs in a nonsexualized, nonembarrassing way.

— Carrie Rengers, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of terminology

Noun

The language of the legislation that passed the House calls for an immediate adoption of year-round daylight saving time by rewriting a federal law that sets time across the country.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Chanting in multiple languages filled the room and reverberated all around, the voices of the cantors at the kliros blending with the voices of the collective.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of language

Noun

Living on an island for multiple centuries, the people here maintained a unique dialect, as the writer Earl Swift explains in his book on Tangier, Chesapeake Requiem.

— John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
Although the language has all-but-disappeared from daily life, the invaluable work resurfaces at a time when researchers and Creole descendents are striving to preserve—and even revive—the unique dialect.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of dialect

Noun

Indeed, for his latest shoe with Puma, A$AP Rocky updated the Suede ’94 in distressed navy suede, featuring a raw-edge padded tongue, gum rubber sole, and retro details, finished with a gold Puma lace keeper and custom branding.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
If they were supposed to be speaking in their native tongue, then the audience would hear it in their native tongue.

— Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of tongue

Noun

There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end.

— Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
McCaffrey and the 49ers will return to the United States after their win and lesson in Australian slang to play the Miami Dolphins in Week 2.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of slang

Noun

To borrow from a more crude idiom, the Knicks need to shoot or get off the free throw line.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 31 Oct. 2026
Its palette is broad, moving from comic to straight rap, from Cab Calloway swing to Beyoncé-style ballads, each idiom chosen for its dramatic purpose.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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