Reference and Vocabulary

Reference

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Vocabulary and reference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vocabulary" instead a noun "Reference".

Vocabulary noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.

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Reference and vocabulary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Vocabulary".

good	good reference	good vocabulary
full	full reference	full vocabulary
similar	similar reference	similar vocabulary
common	common reference	common vocabulary
Other adjectives: small, entire, massive, big, huge, occasional, visual, cultural.

The reference to sheep, and the fact that the name might allude to a "farm hand" could put this in Punny Name territory for vocabulary geeks.

Source: Film / The Expendables
However, some listeners managed to miss that this was a love song phrased in the vocabulary of Chinese communist propaganda, and believed that they heard "I know that Carter will look after me", taking this as some kind of satirical reference to then-US President Jimmy Carter.

Source: Music / Magazine
The name is both a reference to this trope (their client logo is in fact a purple pigeon) and the linguistics term "pidgin", a proto-language consisting of mixed vocabulary and grammar from multiple languages used in the same place/time.

Source: Instant Messenger Pigeon

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