lingo
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goʊ noun, plural lin·goes.
1.
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
2.
language or speech, especially if strange or foreign.
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Lingo
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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| —n , pl -goes | |
| informal any foreign or unfamiliar language, jargon, etc | |
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Word Origin & History
lingo
"foreign speech," 1660, possibly a corrupt form of lingua franca (q.v.), or from Prov. lingo "language, tongue," from O.Prov. lenga, from L. lingua "tongue" (see lingual).
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Slang Dictionary
lingo definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary
Lingo definition
An animation scripting language.
[MacroMind Director V3.0 Interactivity Manual, MacroMind 1991].
Example sentences
Goat is railroad lingo for the smaller locomotives used for moving rail cars around over short distances.
What would really be a good study is to measure how often chat lingo creeps into more formal writing.
That's marketing lingo for what's essentially noise cancellation.
The shoe salesman has a lingo all of his own, quite incomprehensible to the average customer.
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