OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2997

lingo

/ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
argot • germanía • jerga
Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
"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.
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