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lingo

noun
/ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ̯/UK/ˈlɪŋ.ɡoʊ̯/US

Etymology

Scottish surname, probably altered from Lingoch, a parish of Carnbee. The placename could be from the noun ling (“heather”). More at Lingo.

  1. derived from lingua

Definitions

  1. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region

    Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

    • [...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.
    • "You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.
    • Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.

  2. An Aboriginal language.

    • The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.
    • Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lingo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA