Acrolect
Lingo
Lingo noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.
Usage example: medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating
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Nearby Word: ling
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Lingo and Acrolect. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/acrolect/lingo
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