Vernacular
noun
The language or dialect spoken by people in a particular group or region.
In rural areas of Spain, it's not uncommon to hear people talking in the local vernacular rather than standard Spanish.
Often appears as...
- speak in vernacular
- vernacular language
adjective
Relating to or made in the regular style of a place.
He designed the building in a vernacular style to match the surrounding architecture.
Often appears as...
- vernacular architecture
- vernacular style
Usage tips
Architectural, academic
adjective
Native or domestic in a particular environment or society.
The vernacular plants of this region are well adapted to the local climate.
Often appears as...
- vernacular plants
- vernacular species
Usage tips
Ecological, botanical, general
noun
The language or dialect spoken by people in a particular group or region.
In rural areas of Spain, it's not uncommon to hear people talking in the local vernacular rather than standard Spanish.
Often appears as...
- speak in vernacular
- vernacular language
adjective
Relating to or made in the regular style of a place.
He designed the building in a vernacular style to match the surrounding architecture.
Often appears as...
- vernacular architecture
- vernacular style
Usage tips
Architectural, academic
adjective
Native or domestic in a particular environment or society.
The vernacular plants of this region are well adapted to the local climate.
Often appears as...
- vernacular plants
- vernacular species
Usage tips
Ecological, botanical, general
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Identity
Vernacular reflects the unique culture and identity of a group or region.
He writes poems in the vernacular to celebrate his heritage.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrast With Standard
Vernacular may differ greatly from the standard language of a country.
Tourists often struggle with the local vernacular.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Communication
Vernacular is informal and may not be suitable for formal occasions.
Avoid using vernacular in academic essays.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Identity
Vernacular reflects the unique culture and identity of a group or region.
He writes poems in the vernacular to celebrate his heritage.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrast With Standard
Vernacular may differ greatly from the standard language of a country.
Tourists often struggle with the local vernacular.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Communication
Vernacular is informal and may not be suitable for formal occasions.
Avoid using vernacular in academic essays.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Identity
Vernacular reflects the unique culture and identity of a group or region.
He writes poems in the vernacular to celebrate his heritage.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrast With Standard
Vernacular may differ greatly from the standard language of a country.
Tourists often struggle with the local vernacular.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Communication
Vernacular is informal and may not be suitable for formal occasions.
Avoid using vernacular in academic essays.
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And then we just celebrate it. It becomes part of the vernacular of the architecture. We call it science on display. Actually drove people to this development. As we build more and more and we get denser and denser this is going to become more and more important. Maybe we should be approaching infrastructure
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The language of being...
The first entry said, "The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured or conventional way." The definition at the bottom refers to specialized fields, like medicine, science, tech. We know they have their own vernacular, their own jargon.
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The case for collaborativ...
collaborative lifestyles this is the sharing and resources of things like money skills and time I bet in a couple of years that phrases like co-working and couchsurfing and time Mac's are going to become a part of everyday vernacular one of my favorite examples
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What makes something...
nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it. Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated
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What does my headscarf...
offered some sort of a solution. She said the one thing that brought the successful women together, the one thing that they had in common, was the fact that they had good mentors. So mentoring, we've all kind of heard that before, it's in the vernacular.
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The Wonders of Urban...
culture references and then help people understand that they already have a really good comprehension and foundation in science already like you already know a lot of science you already know a lot of behavior and i use their vernacular and
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Finding the transformativ...
you know that initial little hobby became a collection that now has more than a hundred thousand items and for those of you who collect vernacular photography you know that the only way you can organize these collections is by
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Medical tech designed to...
English and vernacular versions of their names. Even soundex, a standard method for grouping words by how similar they sound, was not good enough. So we had to modify it to help us link and match existing records.
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Humble plants that hide...
found nowhere else in the world. And today I will tell you about five of them and their particular features and why these plants are so unique. Take a look at this plant. I call it benjoin in the local vernacular,
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How Hip-Hop Can Make...
To bring climate to the culture. What if that got climate solutions to be part of our vernacular? Would that create a movement or raise the masses or get people behind an idea to inspire action? I think so.
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Water Technology in...
And then we just celebrate it. It becomes part of the vernacular of the architecture. We call it science on display. Actually drove people to this development. As we build more and more and we get denser and denser this is going to become more and more important. Maybe we should be approaching infrastructure
Video examples
The language of being...
The first entry said, "The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured or conventional way." The definition at the bottom refers to specialized fields, like medicine, science, tech. We know they have their own vernacular, their own jargon.
Video examples
The case for collaborativ...
collaborative lifestyles this is the sharing and resources of things like money skills and time I bet in a couple of years that phrases like co-working and couchsurfing and time Mac's are going to become a part of everyday vernacular one of my favorite examples
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What makes something...
nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it. Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated
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What does my headscarf...
offered some sort of a solution. She said the one thing that brought the successful women together, the one thing that they had in common, was the fact that they had good mentors. So mentoring, we've all kind of heard that before, it's in the vernacular.
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The Wonders of Urban...
culture references and then help people understand that they already have a really good comprehension and foundation in science already like you already know a lot of science you already know a lot of behavior and i use their vernacular and
Video examples
Finding the transformativ...
you know that initial little hobby became a collection that now has more than a hundred thousand items and for those of you who collect vernacular photography you know that the only way you can organize these collections is by
Video examples
Medical tech designed to...
English and vernacular versions of their names. Even soundex, a standard method for grouping words by how similar they sound, was not good enough. So we had to modify it to help us link and match existing records.
Video examples
Humble plants that hide...
found nowhere else in the world. And today I will tell you about five of them and their particular features and why these plants are so unique. Take a look at this plant. I call it benjoin in the local vernacular,
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How Hip-Hop Can Make...
To bring climate to the culture. What if that got climate solutions to be part of our vernacular? Would that create a movement or raise the masses or get people behind an idea to inspire action? I think so.
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David Droga
Australian Businessman
Long before social media existed, the proto-tweets of advertising had penetrated American popular culture: 'A mind is a terrible thing to waste.' 'Where's the beef?' 'A diamond is forever.' 'Think different.' You'd be hard pressed to find a writer's craft that has more directly influenced the vernacular.
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Amy Tan
American Novelist
For books I want to keep reading, it's definitely the voice. It must be a voice I've never heard before, and it must have its own particular intelligence. By 'voice,' I don't mean vernacular. It has to have its own particular history and world that it inhabits.
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Ali Farahnakian
American Actor
Baseball players practice, runners practice, so how can you practice being funny? You get up onstage. You train as an improviser, playing make-believe, using the vernacular of improvisation, saying 'yes and' to other people's ideas, making statements.
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John Lee Hancock
American Writer
We have the word 'Mc' attached to so many things now, like 'McMansions.' It's become part of our vernacular as something on steroids almost, just bigger and bigger. I think, to a degree, studios have fallen prey to that as well.
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Walter Crane
English Artist
We want a vernacular in art. No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity with individual variety which can be developed among people politically and socially free.
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Matt LeBlanc
American Actor
Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a master's degree in comedy.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of power forward is in the process of going the way of short shorts.
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Clay Shirky
American Writer
I removed 'cyberspace' from my vernacular. The idea, which I grew up with, of going into a place separate from the real world, is something my students just don't recognise.
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Ivan Illich
American Sociologist
I consider the indiscriminate propagation of self-help to be morally unacceptable... self-help is the opposite of autonomous or vernacular life.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
The word 'demand' is a tricky word when used by our gender. When used by men, it's part of their vernacular.
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David Droga
Australian Businessman
Long before social media existed, the proto-tweets of advertising had penetrated American popular culture: 'A mind is a terrible thing to waste.' 'Where's the beef?' 'A diamond is forever.' 'Think different.' You'd be hard pressed to find a writer's craft that has more directly influenced the vernacular.
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Amy Tan
American Novelist
For books I want to keep reading, it's definitely the voice. It must be a voice I've never heard before, and it must have its own particular intelligence. By 'voice,' I don't mean vernacular. It has to have its own particular history and world that it inhabits.
Quote examples
Ali Farahnakian
American Actor
Baseball players practice, runners practice, so how can you practice being funny? You get up onstage. You train as an improviser, playing make-believe, using the vernacular of improvisation, saying 'yes and' to other people's ideas, making statements.
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John Lee Hancock
American Writer
We have the word 'Mc' attached to so many things now, like 'McMansions.' It's become part of our vernacular as something on steroids almost, just bigger and bigger. I think, to a degree, studios have fallen prey to that as well.
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Walter Crane
English Artist
We want a vernacular in art. No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity with individual variety which can be developed among people politically and socially free.
Quote examples
Matt LeBlanc
American Actor
Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a master's degree in comedy.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of power forward is in the process of going the way of short shorts.
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Clay Shirky
American Writer
I removed 'cyberspace' from my vernacular. The idea, which I grew up with, of going into a place separate from the real world, is something my students just don't recognise.
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Ivan Illich
American Sociologist
I consider the indiscriminate propagation of self-help to be morally unacceptable... self-help is the opposite of autonomous or vernacular life.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
The word 'demand' is a tricky word when used by our gender. When used by men, it's part of their vernacular.
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