lingo

noun

ˈliŋ-(ˌ)gō How to pronounce lingo (audio)
Definition of lingonext
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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 Summary Punishment Action Requests, or SPARs in cop lingo, numbered 5,380 last year compared with 2,709 in 2023. SPARs aren’t used for the most serious cases of questionable police behavior, those involving use of deadly force, for example. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 Too many of those managing the climate crisis have fallen prey to opaque language; discussions steeped in lingo are only informative to the well-informed. — Meera Joshi, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025 Middle school teacher and content creator Philip Lindsay breaks down the latest lingo tweens and teens are using. — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025 Like any online community, bookish spaces come with their own lingo. — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lingo
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  1. vocabulary
  2. terminology
  3. language
  4. dialect
  5. tongue
  6. slang
  7. idiom
Noun
  • English speakers also adapted vocabulary from the Vikings.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
  • One minor but effective way to sound more assertive is to nix hedging language from your vocabulary, Barbara Shabazz, PsyD, clinical psychologist based in Virginia Beach, tells SELF.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of vocabulary
Noun
  • Including industry-specific terminology and mirroring language from the job advert can strengthen your application and improve your chances of passing initial screening processes.
    — Andrew Fennell, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In computing terminology, System 2 compiles its complex high-dimensional, symbolic code into System 1 executables.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of terminology
Noun
  • Users will be able to create their AI Twin in a few minutes by taking a selfie and talking for a few minutes introducing themselves and an AI Twin of them is created that can talk, chat, and sound just like them and can talk in 32 languages.
    — Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Advanced tools like optical character recognition (OCR) and natural language processing (NLP) extract key data— for example, sender details, dates, and document types — instantly. 2.
    — Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of language
Noun
  • The interview was conducted in a mixture of English and Low German, a dialect widely spoken within the Christian Mennonite community.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • While Zubac is from Croatia and Bogdanovic is Serbian, their native Balkan language is the same but spoken with different dialects.
    — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • But even the best-intending critics should hold their tongues while a larger effort unfolds.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of tongue
Noun
  • 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
  • The topics range from decoding teenage slang to the viral generation challenge.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of slang
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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