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(noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) |
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Related Words: non-standard speech |
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(satellite adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" |
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Synonyms: common, vulgar |
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(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" |
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Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
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Related Words: non-standard speech |
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