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Lingo

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Noun

1. argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

Example Sentences:
'they don't speak our lingo'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lingo

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noun plural -goes
informal
any foreign or unfamiliar language, jargon, etc

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Lingo

see synonyms of lingo
nounWord forms: plural ˈlingoes
Informal
language; esp., a dialect, jargon, or special vocabulary that one is not familiar with
a humorous or disparaging term
the lingo of the doctors

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lingo

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n. pl. lin·goes
The specialized vocabulary of a particular field or social group, especially when viewed as unfamiliar: computer lingo; the lingo of the local residents of the island; "the lingo that rough union guys used among themselves" (Philip Roth).

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