as in mother tongue
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Noun
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In 2012, 58% of Ukrainians indicated Ukrainian as their mother tongue.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2013 -
The show opened with songs in Mukherjee’s mother tongue Bengali, that were composed, written and sung by famous Bengali musicians including Nobel Prize awardee Rabindranath Tagore.—
Riddhi Doshi,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There is a French idiom that says when something is so easy, it can be done with ‘les doigts dans le nez’ — the fingers in the nose.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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While often used sarcastically to mock true believers, the idiom reflects Italy’s enduring ambiguity toward Fascism, even 80 years after its fall.—
Mattia Ferraresi,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Similarly, when Mari speaks on the phone to her clients, her Miami dialect drops completely.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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Declan has been reading up on local lore, revealing that there are 13 different dialects in the area, which also boasts a church made entirely of bundled hay.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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So, securing organizational buy-in requires more than technical jargon or feature lists.—
Kerry Brown,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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However, even the most robust policies can fall short if they’re hidden in fine print or presented in dense legal jargon.—
Mohamed Lazzouni,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Brisk, truncated treatments are normally the parlance of pop mavens whose freshness dates rapidly expire and who seek to hide deficiencies.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Kathy Webster, Littleton Mark of a caring nation DEI is common parlance.—
DP Opinion,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An article in the Wall Street Journal outlines Generation Beta’s dilemma: In current teen slang—used by Generation Alpha—calling someone a beta isn’t exactly a compliment.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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The topics range from decoding teenage slang to the viral generation challenge.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Both fall for her effortless sales patter, as anyone would.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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More patter, more essential New Orleans, but still no Taylor Swift.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since scammers may be non-native English speakers, poor grammar or unusual vernacular can also be a tip off of someone taking on a fake identity.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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Older internet vernacular involved quoting memes or making references to nerd culture, but brain rot offers strange sentence constructions and rhetorical tics with a broad range of possible applications.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Acrolect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrolect. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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