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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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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
In business lingo, a friendly takeover is any merger or acquisition in which the management of one company willingly allows its absorption into another company.
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Carlos Eire,
Time,
23 Apr. 2026
That’s thanks to temporary street names representing teams in the men's college basketball Final Four, teams in the Division II and III championships, teams in the National Invitational Tournament championship, former national champions crowned in Indy and other college tournament lingo.
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Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Learning the lingo behind all the different fan cultures can feel overwhelming at the annual comic expo.
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Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
His peculiar online lingo, derived from the looks-maxxing community, has seeped into the culture.
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Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Carlos Eire,
Time,
23 Apr. 2026
That’s thanks to temporary street names representing teams in the men's college basketball Final Four, teams in the Division II and III championships, teams in the National Invitational Tournament championship, former national champions crowned in Indy and other college tournament lingo.
—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Learning the lingo behind all the different fan cultures can feel overwhelming at the annual comic expo.
—
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
His peculiar online lingo, derived from the looks-maxxing community, has seeped into the culture.
—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingo
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There is no real vocabulary and no grammar.
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Is retirement in your vocabulary at all?
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Learning about their industry and its terminology would be a huge task for me.
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Every major technology shift creates terminology confusion.
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AIs can communicate with us using our language.
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Mamdani, proud of his socialist values, had developed a language for communicating a collective, interdependent vision of city life through his consistent emphasis on affordability.
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Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect.
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Ultimately the difficulty of the task was what led him to sign on, which involved working with three different dialect coaches and studying with a Cuban professor named Rafael Rojas.
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Despite the belief that biting your tongue protects the relationship and the noble intention behind it, a 2022 UC Berkeley study tied it to more conflict, not less.
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To further create a secure feel, the shoe is also made with a plush heel collar and tongue that lock you in without chafing against your feet.
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?
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The best tended to use puns, literalization — turning an idiom into reality — and pedantic humor to delight and torment children in equal measures.
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That French idiom about having long teeth — les dents longues — can have negative connotations about a person’s ambitious streak.
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“Lingo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingo. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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