lingo
36
7.8
- noun
- /ˈlɪŋɡoʊ/
- Informal
:
jerga
- In the tech industry, everyone uses their own lingo that can be hard for newcomers to follow.
My ma says that's all you've got in the lingo of island children.
- My ma says that's all you've got in the lingo of island children.
- It's a more rarefied atmosphere with its own lingo and its own style.
- And then their lingo, it was so different from like American language.
- Let's hear a little bit of that lingo, man.
- And I said he doesn't know the lingo and he wouldn't tell me what division he was in.
- So there, there's some quick lingo dive here.
- I'm sure this has been brought up, but basically every piece of corporate lingo circle back, touch base.
- The idea of socialism and Marxism is used in sort of popular lingo.
Examples
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I have to admit I loved everything about it: the atmosphere, the people, the lingo, the buzz.
Fiction book (1997) -
You're picking up my lingo, hon.
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He'll be speaking the lingo in no time.
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Not sure if you are writing in text message lingo, but you should remember your audience.
Blog text (18) -
Do you think you know the lingo?
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In assessment lingo, they need to understand the traits or criteria that describe good work.
Academic text (2011) -
It's a more rarefied atmosphere with its own lingo and its own style.
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You know the lingo.
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As a member of the group, I quickly picked up the lingo that everyone else was using.
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Learning the lingo of the music scene made it easier for her to connect with fellow musicians.
Synonyms
797
1.0
A system of communication used by a group or country with words and grammar
108
4.4
A spoken or written language used by a group of people
49
7.9
Informal words used by a group and not for formal situations
43
7.2
Words used by a group or job that others cannot understand
20
6.8
The everyday language that ordinary people in a particular place speak
9
9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
3
7.2
A conversation about work that uses special words people in the same job understand
1
9.6
Confusing words from computers and high-tech areas that most people do not understand
1
9.8
Language that is hard to understand because it uses many difficult words or nonsense
1
9.9
A special way of speaking used by a group so outsiders cannot understand
1
9.9
Special words used by a group to hide meaning from others
1
8.2
A language people use to communicate across different groups
1
9.9
Language that uses many informal words people outside a group may not understand
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lingo comes from the old word lingua, which in languages like Spanish and Italian means 'tongue' or 'language'. So lingo is a group's own 'tongue' — the special words or slang they use that others may not understand.