Lingo
noun
A type of language spoken by a particular group of people, often hard for others to understand.
I don't understand the legal lingo used by lawyers.
Often appears as...
- legal lingo
- medical lingo
noun
The special words used in a particular subject or profession.
You need to learn the lingo of computer programming.
Often appears as...
- computer lingo
- science lingo
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The language, especially vocabulary, typical of a specific group, profession, or culture.
I was confused by the lingo used by teenagers today.
Often appears as...
- teenage lingo
- modern lingo
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A type of language spoken by a particular group of people, often hard for others to understand.
I don't understand the legal lingo used by lawyers.
Often appears as...
- legal lingo
- medical lingo
noun
The special words used in a particular subject or profession.
You need to learn the lingo of computer programming.
Often appears as...
- computer lingo
- science lingo
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The language, especially vocabulary, typical of a specific group, profession, or culture.
I was confused by the lingo used by teenagers today.
Often appears as...
- teenage lingo
- modern lingo
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Group Specific
Lingo varies by group, understanding it helps relate to members.
Learning skateboarders' lingo made him feel part of the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Standard
Lingo isn't official language, it can be informal and unstructured.
Tech lingo is filled with acronyms like 'UI' and 'UX'.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Understanding
Lingo reflects culture, learning it helps in grasping cultural nuances.
Understanding surfer lingo is like a window into their culture.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Specific
Lingo varies by group, understanding it helps relate to members.
Learning skateboarders' lingo made him feel part of the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Standard
Lingo isn't official language, it can be informal and unstructured.
Tech lingo is filled with acronyms like 'UI' and 'UX'.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Understanding
Lingo reflects culture, learning it helps in grasping cultural nuances.
Understanding surfer lingo is like a window into their culture.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Specific
Lingo varies by group, understanding it helps relate to members.
Learning skateboarders' lingo made him feel part of the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Standard
Lingo isn't official language, it can be informal and unstructured.
Tech lingo is filled with acronyms like 'UI' and 'UX'.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Understanding
Lingo reflects culture, learning it helps in grasping cultural nuances.
Understanding surfer lingo is like a window into their culture.
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and they're not just collections of fabricated slang like the Nadsat lingo that the teen hoodlums in "A Clockwork Orange" speak, where "droog" from Russian happens to mean "friend." What makes conlangs real languages isn't the number of words they have. It helps, of course, to have a lot of words. Dothraki has thousands of words.
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How fear drives American...
that understand this. In the nuclear age, when there were people in senior national security jobs, they were expected to speak throw-weight. They were expected to know the lingo, the vocabulary. If you went to the highest level of the U.S. government now and said, "Talk to me about cyber, about neuroscience,
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Peter Attia: What if...
I had become insulin-resistant. You can think of insulin as this master hormone that controls what our body does with the foods we eat, whether we burn it or store it. This is called fuel partitioning in the lingo. Now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life.
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3 rules to spark...
through those questions, we as teachers have information that we can use to tailor robust and informed methods of blended instruction. So, 21st-century lingo jargon mumbo jumbo aside, the truth is, I've been teaching for 13 years now, and it took a life-threatening situation
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Is the obesity crisis...
that controls what our body does with the foods we eat whether we burn it or store it this is called fuel partitioning in the lingo now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life an insulin resistance as its name suggests is when your cells get
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Andrew Fitzgerald:...
actually, is the very absurdist Crimer Show. Crimer Show tells the story of a supercriminal and a hapless detective that face off in this exceptionally strange lingo, with all of the tropes of a television show. Crimer Show's creator has said that
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The Bias behind Your...
Her pain was due to a health issue that she fully understood and described in medical lingo to her doctors. Yet her pain was dismissed. When she posted her experience to a group of thousands of fellow physicians, there was an uproar of support.
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Pulling back the curtain...
well in any profession we have our lingo so when we say debt restructuring we're implying that there is an actual reduction in the principal amount of debt so if I out a hundred I now I'm going to owe a tea and so that's what we
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Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
I'm definitely not going anywhere this is thoroughly relaxing waiting for these wild dogs to get up and move with the sound of the bush you know I'm pretty up with uh sort of the stage lingo and the TV lingo and as
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Empathy Is Not...
is shorthand online lingo for "beta male." But let's be real, I wear pearl earrings and my fashion aesthetic is rich-white-woman-running-errands, so I'm not angling to be an alpha. Doesn't totally work.
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Are Elvish, Klingon,...
and they're not just collections of fabricated slang like the Nadsat lingo that the teen hoodlums in "A Clockwork Orange" speak, where "droog" from Russian happens to mean "friend." What makes conlangs real languages isn't the number of words they have. It helps, of course, to have a lot of words. Dothraki has thousands of words.
Video examples
How fear drives American...
that understand this. In the nuclear age, when there were people in senior national security jobs, they were expected to speak throw-weight. They were expected to know the lingo, the vocabulary. If you went to the highest level of the U.S. government now and said, "Talk to me about cyber, about neuroscience,
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
I had become insulin-resistant. You can think of insulin as this master hormone that controls what our body does with the foods we eat, whether we burn it or store it. This is called fuel partitioning in the lingo. Now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life.
Video examples
3 rules to spark...
through those questions, we as teachers have information that we can use to tailor robust and informed methods of blended instruction. So, 21st-century lingo jargon mumbo jumbo aside, the truth is, I've been teaching for 13 years now, and it took a life-threatening situation
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
that controls what our body does with the foods we eat whether we burn it or store it this is called fuel partitioning in the lingo now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life an insulin resistance as its name suggests is when your cells get
Video examples
Andrew Fitzgerald:...
actually, is the very absurdist Crimer Show. Crimer Show tells the story of a supercriminal and a hapless detective that face off in this exceptionally strange lingo, with all of the tropes of a television show. Crimer Show's creator has said that
Video examples
The Bias behind Your...
Her pain was due to a health issue that she fully understood and described in medical lingo to her doctors. Yet her pain was dismissed. When she posted her experience to a group of thousands of fellow physicians, there was an uproar of support.
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
well in any profession we have our lingo so when we say debt restructuring we're implying that there is an actual reduction in the principal amount of debt so if I out a hundred I now I'm going to owe a tea and so that's what we
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
I'm definitely not going anywhere this is thoroughly relaxing waiting for these wild dogs to get up and move with the sound of the bush you know I'm pretty up with uh sort of the stage lingo and the TV lingo and as
Video examples
Empathy Is Not...
is shorthand online lingo for "beta male." But let's be real, I wear pearl earrings and my fashion aesthetic is rich-white-woman-running-errands, so I'm not angling to be an alpha. Doesn't totally work.
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Jason Mitchell
American Actor
You can't be Eazy-E and not move a certain way, basically. So, I studied the culture of it, and also, one of my uncles is from L.A., and he's great. He was like my performance coach. He helped me get the lingo down pat. He helped me get a lot of things down pat because I would talk in that accent for 10 hours a day.
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Frank Black
American Musician
I've made my records and I've done all the interviews. I've done lots of long tours. I've made stupid videos. I've done all that stuff and learned all the lingo and gone to radio stations and shmoozed with DJs on the air and met retail people.
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Alex Hirschi
Australian Celebrity
I speak in relatable terms, without too much car lingo, so more and more people can engage with the car world. And I'm not afraid to ask questions on behalf of a whole community of people who want to learn but are afraid they'll be shut down.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
The battle between server and servee is as ancient as it is well disguised, and it follows, therefore, that waiters have developed a private lingo that allows them to mock, complain, or simply entertain themselves.
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DaBaby
American Musician
When it comes to the music, the traits you got to have in order to make lit music, club music, to have the swag with it, to have the lingo - I got those traits, you know what I mean?
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Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
For the role of a lawyer, I made sure I learnt the correct diction and most importantly I made sure I got the lawyer lingo correct.
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Robinho
Brazilian Athlete
The language of football is universal. You don't need to speak the local lingo in order to be able to communicate with a ball.
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Chloe Bennet
American Actress
If I have a bunch of computer lingo that I have no idea what I'm speaking about, I really need to know what I'm talking about.
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Goldlink
American Rapper
My biggest influence is my city. There's so much there. We have our own lingo, food, music and culture.
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YG
American Musician
I got a song called 'Bicking Back Being Bool.' That's our lingo.
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Jason Mitchell
American Actor
You can't be Eazy-E and not move a certain way, basically. So, I studied the culture of it, and also, one of my uncles is from L.A., and he's great. He was like my performance coach. He helped me get the lingo down pat. He helped me get a lot of things down pat because I would talk in that accent for 10 hours a day.
Quote examples
Frank Black
American Musician
I've made my records and I've done all the interviews. I've done lots of long tours. I've made stupid videos. I've done all that stuff and learned all the lingo and gone to radio stations and shmoozed with DJs on the air and met retail people.
Quote examples
Alex Hirschi
Australian Celebrity
I speak in relatable terms, without too much car lingo, so more and more people can engage with the car world. And I'm not afraid to ask questions on behalf of a whole community of people who want to learn but are afraid they'll be shut down.
Quote examples
Susie Dent
English Scientist
The battle between server and servee is as ancient as it is well disguised, and it follows, therefore, that waiters have developed a private lingo that allows them to mock, complain, or simply entertain themselves.
Quote examples
DaBaby
American Musician
When it comes to the music, the traits you got to have in order to make lit music, club music, to have the swag with it, to have the lingo - I got those traits, you know what I mean?
Quote examples
Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
For the role of a lawyer, I made sure I learnt the correct diction and most importantly I made sure I got the lawyer lingo correct.
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Robinho
Brazilian Athlete
The language of football is universal. You don't need to speak the local lingo in order to be able to communicate with a ball.
Quote examples
Chloe Bennet
American Actress
If I have a bunch of computer lingo that I have no idea what I'm speaking about, I really need to know what I'm talking about.
Quote examples
Goldlink
American Rapper
My biggest influence is my city. There's so much there. We have our own lingo, food, music and culture.
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YG
American Musician
I got a song called 'Bicking Back Being Bool.' That's our lingo.
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