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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
Heckerling’s inventive, bespoke Valley Girl lingo is totally peerless.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
This milestone, known as ATP, is a decision point in contracting lingo where the customer—in this case, NASA—places a firm order for a deliverable.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Clever marketing lingo aside, nothing disguises the fact that the band ceased when Garcia died of a heart attack shortly after turning 53 in August 1995.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
Videos quickly went viral, showing the 4-foot, 77-pound bot attempting a surprisingly spry jog down sidewalks and engaging awestruck passersby with an unexpected proficiency in modern lingo.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
This milestone, known as ATP, is a decision point in contracting lingo where the customer—in this case, NASA—places a firm order for a deliverable.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Clever marketing lingo aside, nothing disguises the fact that the band ceased when Garcia died of a heart attack shortly after turning 53 in August 1995.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
Videos quickly went viral, showing the 4-foot, 77-pound bot attempting a surprisingly spry jog down sidewalks and engaging awestruck passersby with an unexpected proficiency in modern lingo.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingo
Noun
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The cataclysmic effect of her unexpected arrival suggests that soon her vocabulary will expand to include more such ominous language.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Your specific tone, vocabulary and messaging frameworks—the elements that make your content distinctly yours—can easily get lost.—
Cheryl Ragland,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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International responses are often hampered by terminology.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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While some of the terminology is different, Pinnock achieved his goal of not undergoing a radical system change.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The possibilities which animate my stories live right there in the language of seventeenth-century laws.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pat picked up Spanish and the local dialect of the region.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Such expressions of moral clarity are rare, though, in an age of confusion and endlessly contested facts that has been harnessed by the Netanyahu government, which speaks a fluent dialect of the MAGA language of politics.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Some of the meats available are bulgogi (marinated beef), flat iron steak, short ribs, beef tongue, pork belly, beef brisket, Korean chorizo and teriyaki beef.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The swelling and lesions in a raptor’s throat can displace its tongue and sometimes press on its eyes and brain.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Algorithmic social media is driving the creation of new slang at a breakneck pace.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
15 Aug. 2025
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These systems can interpret regional slang, idioms and context-specific expressions, hence minimizing both over-censorship and under-enforcement.—
Anees Ali Khan,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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He’s been talking about replacing it with a permanent ballroom for a long time, in his usual Dictator Chic idiom.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Aug. 2025
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This could be in Elsbeth’s usual light and fizzy idiom or perhaps a brief foray into Scandi-noir.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Lingo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingo. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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